Open AccessA comparative study on microwave and routine tissue processing
Author(s) -
T Mahesh Babu,
Malathi Narasimhan,
KT Magesh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.79975
Subject(s) - staining , microwave , wilcoxon signed rank test , fixation (population genetics) , medicine , biomedical engineering , pathology , materials science , nuclear medicine , computer science , mann–whitney u test , telecommunications , population , environmental health
The present study was aimed at assessing the rapid microwave-assisted tissue processing and staining to determine if it can replace standard formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded processing and staining technique.