A qualitative comparison of 3d visualization in xenopus laevis using a traditional method and a non-destructive method

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-113

  Descamps, Emilie ^a   Buytaert, Jan ^b   De Kegel, Barbara ^a   Dirckx, Joris ^b   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3d visualization; Histological sectioning; Optical sectioning; Vertebrates; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84873925675     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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