Discrete Vertical Rotator

THE VOLUME OF SUB-CELLULAR ORGANELLES ESTIMATED WITH THE DISCRETE VERTICAL ROTATOR PROBE

DVR

illustration is after Mironov and Mironov, 1997, Fig. 3

Section thickness required: appropriate for electron micrograph

Orientation of tissue required: vertical sections; the vertical direction has been previously indicated

 

Mironov, A.A. Jr. and A.A. Mironov (1997) Estimation of Subcellular Organelle Volume from Ultrathin Sections through Centrioles with a Discretized Version of the Vertical Rotator, J. of Microscopy, 192, 29 – 36.