19-04-2013 | T.Y. LAU, H.K. SANGHA, E.K. CHIEN, B.L. MCFARLIN, A.J. WAGONER JOHNSON, K.C. TOUSSAINT, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary We present the application of Fourier transform‐second‐harmonic generation (FT‐SHG) imaging to evaluate the arrangement of collagen fibers in five nonpregnant rat cervices. Tissue slices from the mid‐cervix and near the external orifice of the cervix were analyzed in both ...

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19-04-2013 | BRIAN M. STRAMER, GRAHAM A. DUNN, JOHN R. DAVIS, ROBERTO MAYOR, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary The cellular reaction called contact inhibition of locomotion was initially characterised by Michael Abercrombie more than 60 years ago. In his most general definition, it is defined as the stopping of the continued locomotion of a cell in the direction which has produced a ...

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18-04-2013 | R.S. DHAR, D. BAN, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary The distribution of charge carriers inside the active region of a terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL) has been measured with scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) and scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM). Individual quantum well‐barrier modules with a 35.7‐nm ...

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16-04-2013 | M. RÖDING, H. DESCHOUT, K. BRAECKMANS, M. RUDEMO, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary Single‐particle microscopy is important for characterization of nanoparticulate matter for which accurate concentration measurements are crucial. We introduce a method for estimating absolute number concentrations in nanoparticle dispersions based on a fluctuating time series of ...

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12-04-2013 | L. LIU, Y. QU, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary Parameter adjustment of the transmitted light source yields a good‐quality image for video measurement microscopy. However, a disadvantage is that the measured size of the objects changes simultaneously while the parameters of the transmitted light source are adjusted, which ...

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12-04-2013 | A. DUTTA, C.J. CLUKAY, C.N. GRABILL, D.J. FREPPON, A. BHATTACHARYA, S.M. KUEBLER, H. HEINRICH, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary Transmission Electron Microscopy is used as a quantitative method to measure the shapes, sizes and volumes of gold nanoparticles created at a polymeric surface by three different in situ synthesis methods. The atomic number contrast (Z‐contrast) imaging technique reveals ...

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12-04-2013 | K. FALENTA, A. RODAWAY, G.E. JONES, C.M. WELLS, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary We have used a direct in vivo imaging strategy to investigate the role of c‐Met signalling and kinase activity during the immune response to wounding. Our assay utilizes the optical translucent properties of the zebrafish embryo and demonstrates the versatility of microscopy‐based ...

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10-04-2013 | K.K. KELLER, I.T. ANDERSEN, J.B. ANDERSEN, U. HAHN, K. STENGAARD‐PEDERSEN, E.‐M. HAUGE, J.R. NYENGAARD, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary Cell counting in stereology is time‐consuming. The proportionator is a new stereological sampling method combining automatic image analysis and non‐uniform sampling. The autodisector on virtual slides combines automatic generation of disector pairs with the use of digital images. ...

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10-04-2013 | T. BINDER, C.S. GARBE, D. WAGENBACH, J. FREITAG, S. KIPFSTUHL, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary Microstructure analysis of polar ice cores is vital to understand the processes controlling the flow of polar ice on the microscale. This paper presents an automatic image processing framework for extraction and parametrization of grain boundary networks from images of the NEEM ...

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05-04-2013 | R.C.G. MEDEIROS, T.A.S. xLIMA, C.R. GOUVEIA, F.B. SOUSA, Journal of Microscopy, 2013

Summary This in vitro study aimed to quantify water loss at histological points in ground sections of normal enamel during air drying at room temperature (25°C) and relative humidity of 50%. From each of 10 ground sections of erupted permanent human normal enamel, three histological ...

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