Micro-computerized tomographic observation of the spinning apparatus in Bombyx mori silkworms

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 5665-5669

  Moriya, Motoaki ^a   Ohgo, Kosuke ^a   Masubuchi, Yuichi ^b   Knight, David P ^c   Asakura, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Oxford Biomaterials Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori silkworm; Micro computerized tomography; X ray radioscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SILK; SPINNING (FIBERS); X RAYS;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; BOMBYX MORI SILKWORM; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MICRO-COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; X-RAY RADIOSCOPY;

ANIMALS;

DIAGNOSIS; DIES; GELATION; PRESSES; RADIOGRAPHY; SILK; SPINNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

BOMBYX MORI; COMPUTER CONTROL; SILK; SILKWORM; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749164861     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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