Diagnostic Electron Microscopy
Diagnostic Electron Microscopy

Author: John Stirling

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-01-22

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1119973996

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Diagnostic Electron Microscopy Diagnostic Electron Microscopy: A Practical Guide to Interpretation and Technique summarises the current interpretational applications of TEM in diagnostic pathology. This concise and accessible volume provides a working guide to the main, or most useful, applications of the technique including practical topics of concern to laboratory scientists, brief guides to traditional tissue and microbiological preparation techniques, microwave processing, digital imaging and measurement uncertainty. The text features both a screening and interpretational guide for TEM diagnostic applications and current TEM diagnostic tissue preparation methods pertinent to all clinical electron microscope units worldwide. Containing high-quality representative images, this up-to-date text includes detailed information on the most important diagnostic applications of transmission electron microscopy as well as instructions for specific tissues and current basic preparative techniques. The book is relevant to trainee pathologists and practising pathologists who are expected to understand and evaluate/screen tissues by TEM. In addition, technical and scientific staff involved in tissue preparation and diagnostic tissue evaluation/screening by TEM will find this text useful.

Diagnostic Electron Microscopy
Diagnostic Electron Microscopy

Author: Richard G. Dickersin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-28

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 0387218521

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This text atlas, now in its second edition, presents in simplest form the basic diagnostic criteria used by the electron microscopist in studying neoplasms and other diseases encountered in the routine practice of pathology. Every field of electron microscopy is covered and low magnification plates are juxtaposed with higher magnifications to illustrate diagnostic features. The largest section of the book is devoted to neoplasms as this is the area in which most diagnostic problems occur. Renal glomerular disease is another important category in which ultrastructural study may be critical in diagnosis; infectious diseases, especially those of viral, protozoan, and unusual bacterial etiologies, are a third area in which electron microscopy may be used to establish or susbstantiate a diagnosis. All of these areas are comprehensively covered with concise, readable text and more than 800 first-quality images. This book is the preeminent reference for pathologists needing current information on the role of ultrastructure in diagnostic pathology.

Diagnostic Electron Microscopy
Diagnostic Electron Microscopy

Author: G. Richard Dickersin

Publisher: Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13:

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This text atlas, now in its second edition, presents in simplest form the basic diagnostic criteria used by the electron microscopist in studying neoplasms & other diseases encountered in the routine practice of pathology. Every major field of diagnostic electron microscopy is covered & low magnification plates are juxtaposed with higher magnifications to illustrate essential features. The largest section of the book is devoted to neoplasms, as this is the area in which most diagnostic problems occur. Renal glomerular disease is another important category in which ultrastructural study may be critical in diagnosis; neuromuscular disorders, infectious diseases, especially those of viral, protozoan & unusual bacterial etiologies, are a third area in which electron microscopy may be used to establish or substantiate a diagnosis. All of these areas & more are comprehensively covered with concise, readable text & more than 800 first-quality images. This book is a preeminent reference for pathologists needing current information on the role of ultrastructure in diagnostic pathology.

Hsiung's Diagnostic Virology
Hsiung's Diagnostic Virology

Author: Gueh Djen Hsiung

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780300058451

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This generously illustrated book, the fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Diagnostic Virology, is a handbook for the recognition and characterization of virus-induced cellular changes seen by light microscopy, as well as virus morphology seen by electron microscopy. The authors cover all aspects of the subject, from specimen collection and laboratory safety to virus isolation and identification and cell culture. This edition includes a new chapter on the human retroviruses, especially relevant since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, and expands the chapters on the arboviruses and hepatitis viruses.

Diagnostic Electron Microscopy of Tumours
Diagnostic Electron Microscopy of Tumours

Author: Feroze N. Ghadially

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1483163059

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Diagnostic Electron Microscopy of Tumors, Second Edition is a guide on how to employ electron microscopy techniques in making evaluation on tumor biopsies. This edition aims to serve as a source of information, references, and electron micrographs for the practicing electron microscopists. This book is divided into five parts; each of which tackles a different topic. Part 1 discusses the collection of specimen, and Part 2 talks about the assessment of tumors' behavior and growth. Ultrastructural analysis of diagnostic problems is covered in Part 3; the significance of some ultrastructural features in tumors is explained in Parts 4 and 5. This text is recommended for those who wish to examine tumor biopsies with an electron microscope as well as those who want to become more conversant with such matters, so that they can understand and evaluate electron micrographs and reports. This book will be valuable to physicians, surgeons, histopathologists, and pathology residents.

Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis
Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis

Author: Patrick Echlin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1475790279

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This book has its origins in the intensive short courses on scanning elec tron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis which have been taught annually at Lehigh University since 1972. In order to provide a textbook containing the materials presented in the original course, the lecturers collaborated to write the book Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy (PSEM), which was published by Plenum Press in 1975. The course con tinued to evolve and expand in the ensuing years, until the volume of material to be covered necessitated the development of separate intro ductory and advanced courses. In 1981 the lecturers undertook the project of rewriting the original textbook, producing the volume Scan ning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis (SEMXM). This vol ume contained substantial expansions of the treatment of such basic material as electron optics, image formation, energy-dispersive x-ray spectrometry, and qualitative and quantitative analysis. At the same time, a number of chapters, which had been included in the PSEM vol ume, including those on magnetic contrast and electron channeling con trast, had to be dropped for reasons of space. Moreover, these topics had naturally evolved into the basis of the advanced course. In addition, the evolution of the SEM and microanalysis fields had resulted in the devel opment of new topics, such as digital image processing, which by their nature became topics in the advanced course.

Biomedical Applications of Microprobe Analysis
Biomedical Applications of Microprobe Analysis

Author: Peter Ingram

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 1999-10-29

Total Pages: 573

ISBN-13: 0080524567

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Biomedical Applications of Microprobe Analysis is a combination reference/laboratory manual for the use of microprobe analysis in both clinical diagnostic and research settings. Also called microchemical microscopy, microprobe analysis uses high-energy bombardment of cells and tissue, in combination with high resolution EM or confocal microscopy to provide a profile of the ion, metal, and mineral concentrations present in a sample. This allows insight into the physiology and pathophysiology of a wide variety of cells and tissues.This book describes methods for obtaining detailed information about the identity and composition of particles too small to be seen with the naked eye and describes how this information can be useful in diagnostic and biomedical research. Up-to-date review of electron microprobe analysis Detailed descriptions of sample preparation techniques Recent technologies including confocal microscopy, infrared microspectroscopy, and laser raman spectroscopy Over 100 illustrations with numerous specific applications Contributions by world-renowned experts in the field Brief summary of highlights precedes each chapter