Micro-computed X-ray tomography: A new non-destructive method of assessing sectional, fly-through and 3D imaging of a soft-bodied marine worm

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Dinley, J ^a,b   Hawkins, L ^a   Paterson, G ^b   Ball, A D ^b   Sinclair, I ^c   Sinnett Jones, P ^c   Lanham, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fly through; Marine worms; Micro computed X ray tomography; Microscopy; Nephtys hombergii; Polychaetes; Segmentation; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

3D IMAGING; COMPUTED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES; FLY-THROUGH; MARINE WORM; MICRO-COMPUTED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; POLYCHAETE; SEGMENTATION; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGIES;

HISTOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICRODISSECTION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WORM;

INVERTEBRATA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; POLYCHAETA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 77951120778     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03335.x     Document Type: Article

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