Biomedical subjects

J J Schut

Publications and source records attributed to J J Schut.

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PubMed1996

4D confocal microscopy for visualisation of bone remodelling.

Until recently it was very time consuming and difficult to make three-dimensional (3D) images of newly formed bone. With the advent of confocal technologies and increased computer power, 3D imaging is greatly facilitated. In this paper we demonstrate that enhanced confocal visualisation of newly formed bone is possible when bone is labelled in vivo sequentially with two osteotropic markers (xylenol orange and tetracycline). Computer-assisted reconstruction of the confocal optical sections was achieved through the use of the CONVEX Application Visualisation System (AVS). The computerised image data provides the researcher with ample flexibility in displaying the results. It was found that CSLM combined with AVS is excellent for visualising the remodelling process in three and four dimensions, in which the fourth dimension is time. With this approach visualised bone remodelling has become possible in a manner not easily achieved by other techniques.

Animals↗

PubMed1995

Confocal microscopy of false-negative breast aspirates.

Even when using a novel optimized FNA-21 for breast fine-needle aspiration biopsy, our series of 163 breast lesions with consecutive histology, including 110 carcinomas, contained eight cancer cases with a negative cytologic diagnosis. Two consisted exclusively of thick, undiagnosable epithelial fragments and were devoid of detached malignant cells on which the proper diagnosis could have been made. Optical sectioning of the original smears by the confocal microscope allowed us to reclaim from these epithelial fragments the diagnostic abnormal chromatin patterns, even in the air-dried smears. In the thin optical sections the cancerous tubular or cribriform growing pattern was visualized. The high spatial resolution of the confocal microscope can be further exploited with the application visualization system (AVS). The AVS three-dimensional reconstructions allow us to see the surface of these malignant cells in a detail approaching that of scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the internal aspects of the malignant nuclei can be visualized with these techniques.

Biopsy, Needle↗

PubMed1994

Confocal optical sectioning and three-dimensional reconstruction of carcinoma fragments in Pap smears using sophisticated image data processing.

Carcinoma fragments found in Pap smears contain important diagnostic information not available to the light microscopist because of their thickness and consequent blurring. Optical sectioning by the confocal microscope allows us to reclaim the mitotic figures, glandular architecture, and abnormal chromatin patterns in the restained original smears. The high spatial resolution of the confocal microscope can be further exploited by processing the digital images with the sophisticated Application Visualization System (AVS) on a CONVEX computer. Serial sections in which the fluorescent signals are color coded by this software package and three-dimensional reconstructions of the nuclei and mitotic figures expand our knowledge of these malignant epithelial fragments.

Adenocarcinoma↗