Micro CT for comparative morphology: Simple staining methods allow high-contrast 3D imaging of diverse non-mineralized animal tissues

BMC Physiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Metscher, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; OSMIUM; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MINERAL;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION; VERTEBRATE; X RAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODINE; MINERALS; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68749106020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-9-11     Document Type: Article

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