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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 1238-1243Publisher
SPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1117/1.1803846
Keywords
focused ion beam; microscopy; crustacea; Porcellio scaber; digestive system; ultrastructure
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We prove that the focused ion beam (FIB) machine can be used as a microscope and as an in situ cutting device for tissue and cells. For the first time we obtain high-resolution ion images, complem ented by electron imaging of different animal tissues both from un-coated and coated samples. In our study, we select the digestive system of Porcellio scaber (isopoda, crustacea) as a test system for FIB microscopy and in situ sample preparation. After the milling operation, some of the ultrastructural elements of hepatopancreatic cells can clearly be recognized. Also, FIB operation reveals significant differences in structural integrity between the apical and basal parts of hepatopancreatic cells, which have not been observed before by classical microscopy techniques. FIB microscopy and in situ sample preparation have advantages over classical microscopy techniques because of: 1. in situ site-specific 2-D sectioning and imaging of subsurface microstructures; 2. no need to embed the sample prior to sectioning; and 3. a wide range of magnifications while imaging the same sample. (C) 2004 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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