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CIL:35132*  Cite 
Description

Phase contrast microscopy of living bone marrow derived macrophages. These cells are highly motile and the snapshot catches lamella and ruffles where the cells are protruding and phase dense organelles inside the volumes of the cells.

Technical Details

Cells were extracted from a mouse femur and plated in a coverslip bottom well (MatTek) in standard culture media. The Olympus IX 71 microscope had a simple heated stage. Cells were imaged with a 60X N.A. 1.4 phase 3 planapo objective with a Cooke Sensicam QE operated by IP Lab software running on a Dell Windows XP computer. This picture is one of a series that may be composed into a montage to see a large field of cells interacting while preserving the high magnification. Some of the pixels in this and the neighboring images are saturated.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Mus musculus
Cell Type
macrophage
Cell Line
Macrophage
Cellular Component
ruffle membrane
Biological Context
Biological Process
cell motility
Mouse Gross Anatomy
TS24,femur
Attribution
Names
Michael Cammer
Dianne Cox
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL35132
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil35132
Grouping This image is part of a group.
Imaging
Image Type
recorded image
Image Mode
phase contrast microscopy
Parameters Imaged
elastic scattering of photons
Source of Contrast
differences in amount of elastic light scattering
Visualization Methods
visualization of contiguous regions
Processing History
unprocessed raw data
Data Qualifiers
raw, unprocessed data
suitable for spatial measurements
Sample Preparation
Methods
living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
dispersed cells in vitro
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 1376px 0.11µm
Y 1040px 0.11µm