Atmospheric scanning electron microscope observes cells and tissues in open medium through silicon nitride film

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-449

  Nishiyama, Hidetoshi ^a   Suga, Mitsuo ^a   Ogura, Toshihiko ^b   Maruyama, Yuusuke ^b   Koizumi, Mitsuru ^a   Mio, Kazuhiro ^b   Kitamura, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Chikara ^b  

^a JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASEM; Cancer diagnosis; ClairScope; Film sealed environmental cell; Mesoscopic; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE VESSEL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 76749125248     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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