Micron-scale 3D imaging of wood and plant microstructure using high-resolution X-ray phase-contrast microtomography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Mayo, S C ^a   Chen, F ^a   Evans, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Phase contrast; Tomography; Wood; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EUCALYPTUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WOOD; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLANTS; WOOD; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953724326     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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