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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
To identify subcellular organelles or to observe their pathological changes in sections prepared for light microscopy, immuno- and/or enzyme histochemical staining for the marker substances or enzymes of those subcellular organelles are frequently employed. With conventional light microscopes (CLM), however, it is hardly possible to determine whether or not the target organelles are properly stained and to confirm their fine structure. In the present study, the laser scanning microscope (LSM) was employed to obtain highly contrasted images of histochemically stained subcellular organelles at the limit of resolution in light microscopy. To refine or characterize those images, images built up as electronic signals in LSM were further processed in the Image Analysis System (IAS) with pipeline. Thus, the approximate figures of subcellular organelles such as microtubules, endoplasmic reticula, secretory granules, and mitochondria were visualized in brightfield on sections prepared for light microscopy (paraffin, frozen sections and cultured living cells). The validity of the images obtained by LSM or LSM-IAS was confirmed by immunoelectron microscopy when possible. The LSM images of histochemically stained suborganelles of various cells were definitely improved (refined and/or strengthened) by processing them with IAS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1554
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
955-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2001-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcellular visualization of light microscopic specimens by laser scanning microscopy and computer analysis: a new application of image analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Biology Research Laboratory, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article