Abstract
A combination of energy-filtered electron microscopy (EFEM) and an image-analysis system (IBAS/2000) is used for a morphometric analysis of chemical reaction products in cells. Electron energy-loss spectroscopic element-distribution images are acquired from cytochemical reaction products in a variety of cellular objects: (1) colloidal thorium particles in extra-cellular coat material, (2) iron-containing ferritin particles in liver parenchymal cells, (3) barium-containing reaction products in endoplasmic reticulum stacks, (4) elements present in lysosomal cerium- and barium-containing precipitates connected with acid phosphatase (AcPase) or aryl sulphatase (AS) enzyme activity. Areas or area fractions are determined from such element-distribution images by application of an objective image segmentation method. By superposition of two or more element-distribution images, mutual element relations are qualitatively established in lysosomal cerium- and barium-containing precipitates connected with acid phosphatase (AcPase) or aryl sulphatase (AS) enzyme activity. By comparing electron spectroscopic images (ESI) with element-distribution images, the mutual contrast per elemeny relations are quantitatively investigated. The obtained gain in resolution in such electron energy-loss spectroscopic element-distribution images will be explained and discussed.
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