Electron Probe Microanalysis
Subtitle: Applications in Biology and Medicine
By: edited by Karl Zierold, Herbert K. Hagler
Contributors: Hagler, Herbert K.
Series: Springer Series in Biophysics -- 4; Springer series in biophysics -- 4.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9783642744792; 9783642744778
Subjects: Biochemistry; Cytology; Life sciences; Biomedical engineering
Other titles: Invited contributions with conference discussion of the conference on "Progress of Electron Probe Microanalysis in Biology and Medicine" at Schloss Ringberg, November 16- 19, 1988
Description: The purpose of Electron Probe Microanalysis of biological systems is to identify, localize, and quantify elements, mass, and water in cells and tissues. The method itself is based on the idea that all electrons and photons emerging from a specimen irradiated by an electron beam, contain information on its structure and composition. Seven contributions concentrate on progress and problems of data acquisition and evaluation in X-ray microanalysis and electron energy loss spectroscopy, whereas the main topics cover the application of electron probe microanalysis in biological research: intracellular element localization, studies of epithelial iron transport and of dynamic processes in cells. Two reviews consider the application of this method in medicine, particularly in pathology and diagnosis.
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