3D analysis of the myenteric plexus of the human bowel by X-ray phase-contrast tomography - a future method?

Niccolò PeruzziBéla VeressLars B DahlinTim SaldittMariam AnderssonMarina EckermannJasper FrohnAnna-Lena RobischMartin BechBodil Ohlsson

Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2020)

Phase-contrast X-ray tomography can be applied for volume analyses of the human ENS and to study tissue components in unstained paraffin-embedded tissue biopsies. This technique could potentially be used to study disease mechanisms, and to compare healthy and diseased tissues in clinical research.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
magnetic resonance
high resolution
gene expression
induced pluripotent stem cells
electron microscopy
dual energy