Micro-computed tomography: A method for the non-destructive evaluation of the three-dimensional structure of biological specimens

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 455, Issue , 2008, Pages 273-292

  Stauber, Martin ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D structural analysis; Computed tomography; Micro computed tomography; Morphometry; Non destructive imaging; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934436827     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-104-8_19     Document Type: Article

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