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Images of arterioles in unfixed tissue obtained by acoustic microscopy
Author(s) -
Neild T. O.,
Attal J.,
Saurel J. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1985.tb04656.x
Subject(s) - scanning acoustic microscope , acoustic microscopy , ultrasound , connective tissue , submucosa , materials science , anatomy , microscopy , attenuation , biomedical engineering , optics , acoustics , pathology , biology , medicine , physics
SUMMARY A scanning acoustic microscope operating at 600 MHz was used to observe arterioles in a thin sheet of collagenous connective tissue dissected from the submucosa of the guinea‐pig small intestine. The arterioles were clearly defined in images made using transmitted ultrasound, and the acoustic attenuation (α) of the arteriolar wall was estimated to be 120 cm −1 . Images made using reflected ultrasound did not show the arterioles clearly.