Chapter title |
Large-Volume Reconstruction of Brain Tissue from High-Resolution Serial Section Images Acquired by SEM-Based Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
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Chapter number | 15 |
Book title |
Nanoimaging
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-62703-137-0_15 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-62703-136-3, 978-1-62703-137-0
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Authors |
Masaaki Kuwajima, John M. Mendenhall, Kristen M. Harris, Kuwajima, Masaaki, Mendenhall, John M., Harris, Kristen M. |
Abstract |
With recent improvements in instrumentation and computational tools, serial section electron microscopy has become increasingly straightforward. A new method for imaging ultrathin serial sections is developed based on a field emission scanning electron microscope fitted with a transmitted electron detector. This method is capable of automatically acquiring high-resolution serial images with a large field size and very little optical and physical distortions. In this chapter, we describe the procedures leading to the generation and analyses of a large-volume stack of high-resolution images (64 μm × 64 μm × 10 μm, or larger, at 2 nm pixel size), including how to obtain large-area serial sections of uniform thickness from well-preserved brain tissue that is rapidly perfusion-fixed with mixed aldehydes, processed with a microwave-enhanced method, and embedded into epoxy resin. |
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