Iodine-Enhanced Micro-CT Imaging of Soft Tissue on the Example of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Figure 8

Soft tissue shrinkage at increasing concentrations. Considerable shrinkage already occurs when the samples are initially placed in 0.15% Lugol’s solution. Shrinkage increases with consecutive staining iterations. On the right, volume rendering of μCT images of tibialis and kidney before staining and after each staining step. Percentage values are relative to the volume of the unstained tissue. (a) Volume relative to native tissue. (b) Tibialis. (c) Kidney.

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