Bioimaging; current techniques in light and electron microscopy.9780763738747 Bioimaging; current techniques in light and electron microscopy. Chandler, Douglas E. and Robert W. Roberson. Jones & Bartlett 2009 440 pages $115.95 Hardcover QH207 This undergraduate or graduate text serves as a professional reference for research scientists and others requiring expertise in bioimaging. While comparing a wide variety of classical and modern techniques, Chandler and Roberson first offer a brief history of microscopic image reproduction, then moved directly to the preparation of specimens for light and electron microscopy. They introduce cell structure, electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic radiation, energy radiated in the form of a wave as a result of the motion of electric charges. A moving charge gives rise to a magnetic field, and if the motion is changing (accelerated), then the magnetic field varies and in turn produces an and its interaction with matter, optical contrast methods (including phase, interference and polarization methods), the transmission electron microscope electron microscope: see microscope. , the scanning electron microscope scan·ning electron microscope n. Abbr. SEM An electron microscope that forms a three-dimensional image on a cathode-ray tube by moving a beam of focused electrons across an object and reading both the electrons scattered by the object and , cryogenic techniques in electron microscopy, video microscopy and electronic imaging, fluorescence microscopy, microscopic localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. and the dynamics of biological molecules, imaging imaging ions and intracellular messengers, imaging macromolecules Macromolecules A large molecule composed of thousands of atoms. Mentioned in: Gene Therapy macromolecules and supermolecular complexes, and image processing and presentation. The illustrations are well-chosen and helpful. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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