Structural stabilization of tissue for embryo phenotyping using micro-CT with iodine staining

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Michael D ^a,b   Spring, Shoshana ^a   Henkelman, R Mark ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODINE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893594917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084321     Document Type: Article

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