Time-lapse X-ray phase-contrast microtomography for in vivo imaging and analysis of morphogenesis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 294-304

  Moosmann, Julian ^a   Ershov, Alexey ^a,b   Weinhardt, Venera ^c,d   Baumbach, Tilo ^a,c   Prasad, Maneeshi S ^e   Labonne, Carole ^e   Xiao, Xianghui ^f   Kashef, Jubin ^c   Hofmann, Ralf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84893275927     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.033     Document Type: Article

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