Differential axial contrast of optical sections: laser microtomography and quantitative 3D reconstruction

Autor: M. A. Pogorelova, A. G. Pogorelov, V. A. Golichenkov
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Optics and Spectroscopy. 116:488-493
ISSN: 1562-6911
0030-400X
Popis: Specific features of the quantitative laser microtomography of biological samples are discussed. The method exhibits the main advantages of a confocal microscope (rapid measurement of a stack of parallel optical cross sections and accurate displacement of an object along the optical axis). A relatively high contrast is reached owing to the superposition of pairwise complementary images on neighboring cross sections. A simple and convenient algorithm for image processing does not require additional software and can be computerized using a conventional graphic editor. The applicability of the method is illustrated using volume measurements of a single cell of an early mouse embryo.
Databáze: OpenAIRE