Three-dimensional reconstruction and segmentation of intact Drosophila by ultramicroscopy

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2010, Pages

  Jährling, Nina ^a,b,c   Becker, Klaus ^a,b   Schönbauer, Cornelia ^d   Schnorrer, Frank ^d   Dodt, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fl ight muscle; Imaging; Light sheet microscopy; Morphology; Phenotyping; Segmentation; Ultramicroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957327627     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.06.001.2010     Document Type: Article

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