A New Method for Investigation of the Hair Shaft: Hard X-Ray Microscopy with a 90-nm Spatial Resolution

Various methods have been used to investigate the hair shaft. In the ultrastructural hair field, scanning and transmission electron microscopies are widely used investigative methods, but they have some technical limitations. Recently, X-ray microscopes with sub-micron spatial resolution have emerge...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Soo-Young, Goo, Ja Woong, Hong, Seung Phil, Oh, Tak Heon, Youn, Hwa Shik, Lee, Won-Soo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2008
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18452275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2008.49.2.337
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Sumario:Various methods have been used to investigate the hair shaft. In the ultrastructural hair field, scanning and transmission electron microscopies are widely used investigative methods, but they have some technical limitations. Recently, X-ray microscopes with sub-micron spatial resolution have emerged as useful instruments because they offer a unique opportunity to observe the interior of an undamaged sample in greater detail. In this report, we examined damaged hair shaft tips using hard X-ray microscopy with a 90 nm spatial resolution. The results of this study suggest that hard X-ray microscopy is an alternative investigative method for hair morphology studies.

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