Observation of organelles in leydig cells by contact soft X-ray microscopy with a laser plasma X-ray source

Abstract

We observed the same biological specimens for comparison of the images by contact soft x-ray microscopy with a laser plasma x-ray source with those by confocal laser microscopy. Images of wet Leydig cells were directly comparable for organelles and showed that actin filaments and mitochondria were clearly identified in the soft x-ray images. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.