Polarized light imaging of white matter architecture

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 851-863

  Larsen, Luiza ^a   Griffin, Lewis D ^a   Gräßel, David ^b   Witte, Otto W ^b   Axer, Hubertus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Brain; Crossed polars; Fiber tracts; Human; PLI; Polarized light physics; Postmortem; Rat

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CELL MEMBRANES; FIBERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

CROSSED POLARS; FIBER TRACTS; FIBRE ORIENTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE FIBER; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; POLARIZED LIGHT PHYSICS; POSTMORTEM; SECTION-BASED; WHITE MATTER;

RATS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REFRACTION INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

RATTUS;

EID: 35148819115     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20488     Document Type: Article

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