Imaging ATUM ultrathin section libraries with WaferMapper: A multi-scale approach to EM reconstruction of neural circuits

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Hayworth, Kenneth J ^a   Morgan, Josh L ^b   Schalek, Richard ^b   Berger, Daniel R ^b   Hildebrand, David G C ^b   Lichtman, Jeff W ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATUM; Connectomics; Imaging software; Scanning electron microscopy; Serial section electron microscopy; Tape collection; Ultramicrotome; Volume EM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED TAPE COLLECTING ULTRAMICROTOME; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MICROTOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; ATUM; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTOME; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; SERIAL-SECTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; TAPE COLLECTION; ULTRAMICROTOME; VOLUME EM;

ATUM; CONNECTOMICS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERIAL-SECTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAPE COLLECTION; ULTRAMICROTOME; VOLUME EM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; SOFTWARE; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 84903374224     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00068     Document Type: Article

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