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ArticleUltramicroscopy2019

Experimental steering of electron microscopy studies using prior X-ray computed tomography.

Tobias Starborg, James D B O'Sullivan, Claudia Martins Carneiro, Julia Behnsen, Kathryn J Else, Richard K Grencis, Philip J Withers

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Article in Ultramicroscopy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors.

Tobias StarborgWellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: Tobias.starborg@manchester.ac.uk.
James D B O'SullivanFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Claudia Martins CarneiroImmunopathology Laboratory, NUPEB, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000 Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
Julia BehnsenHenry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Kathryn J ElseFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Richard K GrencisWellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Philip J WithersHenry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 203128/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 210661/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) can provide unrivalled high-resolution images of specific features and volumes of interest. However, the regions interrogated are typically very small, and sample preparation is both time-consuming and destructive. Here we consider how prior X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT) presents an opportunity to increase the efficiency of electron microscopy in biology. We demonstrate how it can be used to; select the most promising samples and target site-specific locations; provide a wider context of the location being interrogated (multiscale correlative imaging); guide sample preparation and 3D imaging schemes; as well as quantify the effects of destructive sample preparation and staining procedures. We present a workflow utilising open source software in which microCT can be used either broadly, or precisely, to experimentally steer and inform subsequent electron microscopy studies. As automated sample registration procedures are developed to enable correlative microscopy, experimental steering by prior CT could be beneficially routinely incorporated into many experimental workflows.

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Electron Microscope TomographyImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionSoftwareTomography, X-RayX-Ray Microtomography3View SBF-SEMIMODMultiscale imagingPre-screeningUltramicrotomy

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PMID30928781
PMCPMC6504073

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