Synchrotron X-ray microscopic computed tomography of the pump system of a female mosquito

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1051-1058

  Kim, Bo Heum ^a   Seo, Eun Seok ^a   Lim, Jae Hong ^b   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b POSTECH   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D structure; Female mosquitoes; Paraffin section; SR CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PUMPS;

3D IMAGING; 3D STRUCTURE; BLOOD SUCKING; FEMALE MOSQUITO; IMAGING METHOD; PARAFFIN SECTION; PUMP SYSTEM; SR-ΜCT; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

PARAFFINS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864315905     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22030     Document Type: Article

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