Cell imaging techniques : methods and protocols

Molecular beacons: fluorescent probes for detection of endogenous mRNAs in living cells / Diana P. Bratu -- Second-harmonic imaging of collagen / Guy Cox and Eleanor Kable -- Visualizing calcium signaling in cells by digitized wide-field and confocal fluorescent microscopy / Michael Wm. Roe ... [et al.] -- Multifluorescence labeling techniques and confocal laser scanning microscopy on lung tissue / Maria Stern, Douglas J. Taatjes, and Brooke T. Mossman -- Evaluation of confocal microscopy system performance / Robert M. Zucker -- Quantitative analysis of atherosclerotic lesion composition in mice / Marilyn P. Wadsworth ... [et al] -- Applications of microscopy to genetic therapy of cystic fibrosis and other human diseases / Thomas O. Moninger, Randy A. Nessler, and Kenneth C. Moore -- Laser scanning cytometry: principles and applications / Piotr Pozarowski, Elena Holden, and Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz -- Near-clinical appications of laser scanning cytometry / David A. Rew, Gerrit Woltmann, and Davinder Kaur -- Laser capture microdissection / Virginia Espina ... [et al.] -- Analysis of asbestos-induced gene expression changes in bronchiolar epithelial cells using laser capture microdissection and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction / Christopher B. Manning, Brooke T. Mossman, and Douglas J. Taatjes -- New approaches to fluorescence In Situ hybridization / Sabita K. Murthy and Douglas J. Demetrick -- Microarray image scanning / Latha Ramdas and Wei Zhang -- Near-field scanning optical microscopy in cell biology and cytogenetics / Michael Hausmann ... [et al.] -- Porosome: the fusion pore revealed by multiple imaging modalities / Bhenu P. Jena -- Secretory vesicle swelling by atomic force microscopy / Sang-Joon Cho and Bhanu P. Jena -- Imaging and probing cell mechanical properties with the atomic force microscope / Kevin D. Costa -- Reflection contrast microscopy: the bridge between light and electron microscopy / F.A. Prins, I. Cornelese-ten Velde, and E. de Heer -- Three-dimensional analysis of single particles by electron microscopy: sample preparation and data acquisition / Teresa Ruiz and Michael Radermacher -- Three-dimensional reconstruction of single particles in electron microscopy: image processing / Michael Radermacher and Teresa Ruiz -- A new microbiopsy system enables rapid preparation of tissue for high-pressure freezing / Dimitri Vanhecke