Focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope: Exploring large volumes of atherosclerotic tissue

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-347

  Hekking, L H P ^a   Lebbink, M N ^a   De Winter, D A M ^a   Schneijdenberg, C T W M ^a   Brand, C M ^a   Humbel, B M ^a   Verkleij, A J ^a   Post, J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Correlative microscopy; Endothelial; FIB SEM

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AREA OF INTEREST; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSE; CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPIES; ENDOTHELIAL; FIB SEM; FOCUSED IONS BEAMS; ION BEAM SCANNING; LARGE VOLUMES; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCUSED ION BEAM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 69249120490     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03274.x     Document Type: Article

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