Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Corrosion Casting

A tissue preparation technique that involves the injecting of plastic (acrylates) into blood vessels or other hollow viscera and treating the tissue with a caustic substance. This results in a negative copy or a solid replica of the enclosed space of the tissue that is ready for viewing under a scanning electron microscope.

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A tissue preparation technique that involves the injecting of plastic (acrylates) into blood vessels or other hollow viscera and treating the tissue with a caustic substance. This results in a negative copy or a solid replica of the enclosed space of the tissue that is ready for viewing under a scanning electron microscope.

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  • Casting, Corrosion
  • Castings, Corrosion
  • Corrosion Castings

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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  1. E01w.370.225.500.620.620.150w
  2. E01w.370.225.750.600.620.150w
  3. E05.200.500.620.620.150w
  4. E05.200.750.600.620.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Corrosion Casting. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016319. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016319
  2. Corrosion Casting. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_corrosion_casting
  3. Corrosion Casting. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18358368