Synchrotron X-ray phase contrast micro tomography to explore the morphology of abdominal organs in Pterostichus melas italicus Dejean, 1828 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 101044
Author(s):  
Sandro Donato ◽  
Maria Luigia Vommaro ◽  
Giuliana Tromba ◽  
Anita Giglio
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Abdominal Organs ◽  
Micro Tomography

A new species of anapid spider (Araneae: Araneoidea, Anapidae) in Eocene Baltic amber, imaged using phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2742 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID PENNEY ◽  
ANDREW MCNEIL ◽  
DAVID I. GREEN ◽  
ROBERT BRADLEY ◽  
YURI M. MARUSIK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Family ◽  
X Ray Computed ◽  
Micro Tomography ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eocene Amber

A new species of the extant spider family Anapidae is described from a fossil mature male in Eocene amber from the Baltic region and tentatively assigned to the genus Balticoroma Wunderlich, 2004. Phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography was used to reveal important features that were impossible to view using traditional microscopy. Balticoroma wheateri new species is easily diagnosed from all other anapids by having clypeal extensions that run parallel to the ectal surface of the chelicerae and in having the metatarsus of the first leg highly reduced and modified into what is presumably a y-shaped clasping structure. Although only a single extant anapid species occurs in northern Europe, the family was diverse in the Eocene. The discovery of yet another anapid species in Baltic amber supports the idea that Eocene European forests may have been a hotspot of evolution for this family of spiders.

scholarly journals Fractal Dimension Analysis of High-Resolution X-Ray Phase Contrast Micro-Tomography Images at Different Threshold Levels in a Mouse Spinal Cord

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Maugeri ◽  
Mauro DiNuzzo ◽  
Marta Moraschi ◽  
Charles Nicaise ◽  
Inna Bukreeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Fractal Dimension ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Fractal Analysis ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Mouse Spinal Cord ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Threshold Levels ◽  
Micro Tomography

Fractal analysis is a powerful method for the morphological study of complex systems that is increasingly applied to biomedical images. Spatial resolution and image segmentation are crucial for the discrimination of tissue structures at the multiscale level. In this work, we have applied fractal analysis to high-resolution X-ray phase contrast micro-tomography (XrPCμT) images in both uninjured and injured tissue of a mouse spinal cord. We estimated the fractal dimension (FD) using the box-counting method on tomographic slices segmented at different threshold levels. We observed an increased FD in the ipsilateral injured hemicord compared with the contralateral uninjured tissue, which was almost independent of the chosen threshold. Moreover, we found that images exhibited the highest fractality close to the global histogram threshold level. Finally, we showed that the FD estimate largely depends on the image histogram regardless of tissue appearance. Our results demonstrate that the pre-processing of XrPCμT images is critical to fractal analysis and the estimation of FD.

Design, development and first experiments on the X-ray imaging beamline at Indus-2 synchrotron source RRCAT, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1531-1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Agrawal ◽  
B. Singh ◽  
Y. S. Kashyap ◽  
M. Shukla ◽  
P. S. Sarkar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
Synchrotron Source ◽  
Full Field ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Micro Tomography

A full-field hard X-ray imaging beamline (BL-4) was designed, developed, installed and commissioned recently at the Indus-2 synchrotron radiation source at RRCAT, Indore, India. The bending-magnet beamline is operated in monochromatic and white beam mode. A variety of imaging techniques are implemented such as high-resolution radiography, propagation- and analyzer-based phase contrast imaging, real-time imaging, absorption and phase contrast tomographyetc. First experiments on propagation-based phase contrast imaging and micro-tomography are reported.

Visualisation by high resolution synchrotron X-ray phase contrast micro-tomography of gas films on submerged superhydrophobic leaves

2014 ◽  
Vol 188 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten Lauridsen ◽  
Kyriaki Glavina ◽  
Timothy David Colmer ◽  
Anders Winkel ◽  
Sarah Irvine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Micro Tomography

Application of X-ray phase contrast micro-tomography to the identification of traditional Chinese medicines

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (07) ◽  
pp. C07006-C07006 ◽  
Author(s):  
L L Ye ◽  
Y L Xue ◽  
L H Ni ◽  
H Tan ◽  
Y D Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicines ◽  
Chinese Medicines ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Micro Tomography

scholarly journals Imaging of Metastatic Lymph Nodes by X-ray Phase-Contrast Micro-Tomography

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e54047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben Haugaard Jensen ◽  
Martin Bech ◽  
Tina Binderup ◽  
Arvid Böttiger ◽  
Christian David ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Metastatic Lymph Nodes ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Metastatic Lymph ◽  
Micro Tomography

X-Ray Phase Contrast Micro-Tomography and Its Application in Quantitative 3D Imaging Study of Wild Ginseng Characteristic Microstructures

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1234002 ◽  
Author(s):  
叶琳琳 Ye Linlin ◽  
薛艳玲 Xue Yanling ◽  
谭海 Tan Hai ◽  
陈荣昌 Chen Rongchang ◽  
戚俊成 Qi Juncheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Imaging Study ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Micro Tomography ◽  
Wild Ginseng

X-Ray Phase-Contrast Tomography for Quantitative Characterisation of Self-Healing Polymers

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 2322-2325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheridan Mayo ◽  
Andrew Stevenson ◽  
Stephen Wilkins ◽  
Da Chao Gao ◽  
Steven Mookhoek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Polymer System ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Quantitative Characterisation ◽  
Micro Tomography ◽  
Phase Contrast Tomography

X-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography add an additional dimension to conventional x-ray methods by exploiting the x-ray refraction effects in addition to x-ray absorption in forming an image. This greatly enhances the visibility of edges, voids and boundaries within a sample. It also makes it possible to characterise weakly x-ray absorbing samples which would produce little or no contrast in conventional x-ray imaging. Here we described the application of a laboratory-based x-ray phase-contrast microscope to x-ray micro-tomography of a self-healing polymer system and the quantitative analysis of the resulting three dimensional (3D) datasets to better understand the healing and ageing processes.

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