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Novel Plant Imaging and Analysis : Water, Elements and Gas, Utilizing Radiation and Radioisotopes / by Tomoko M. Nakanishi.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nakanishi, Tomoko M., 1950- Author.
- Series:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plant physiology.
- Biophysics.
- Radiology.
- Nuclear chemistry.
- Spectrum analysis.
- Materials science.
- Plant Physiology.
- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.
- Imaging / Radiology.
- Nuclear Chemistry.
- Spectroscopy/Spectrometry.
- Materials Science, general.
- Local Subjects:
- Plant Physiology.
- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.
- Imaging / Radiology.
- Nuclear Chemistry.
- Spectroscopy/Spectrometry.
- Materials Science, general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XIX, 218 p. 170 illus., 121 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Springer Nature 2021
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This open access book is only an introduction to show that radiation and radioisotopes (RI) are premier tools to study living plant physiology which leads to new findings. Who had ever imagined that we could see water in a plant? Who had ever imagined that we could see ions moving toward roots in solution? Who had ever imagined that we could see invisible gas (CO2) fixation and movement in a plant? These studies demonstrated for the first time that water, ions and gas can be visualized in living plants, which could be hardly seen by anyone before. This publication summarizes the results obtained by Nakanishi’s lab in The Univ. of Tokyo, based on her original concept and her original tools or systems. It is useful for professional scientists, plant physiologist, and those studying plant imaging. The chapters demonstrates the innovative imaging work of the author, using radioactive tracers and neutron beam to follow the absorption and transport manner of water as well as major, minor, and trace elements in plants. Through these studies the author developed a real-time macroscopic and microscopic imaging system able to apply commercially available gamma- and beta-ray emitters. The real-time movement of the elements is now possible by using 14C, 18F, 22Na, 28Mg, 32P, 33P, 35S, 42K, 45Ca, 48V, 54Mn, 55Fe, 59Fe, 65Zn, 86Rb, 109Cd, and 137Cs. The imaging methods was applied to study the effect of 137Cs following 3/11 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident, which has revealed the movements of radiocesium in the contaminated sites. .
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Water in a Plant
- Chapter 2. Introduction
- Chapter 3 Water Specific Imaging
- Chapter 4. Real-Time Water Movement in a Plant
- Part 2. Elements in a Plant
- Chapter 5. Element specific distribution in a plant
- Chapter 6. Real-Time Element Movement in a Plant
- Chapter 7. Visualization of Gas fixation in a Plant
- Chapter 8. 3D images
- Chapter 9. Microautoradiography (MAR)
- Chapter 10. Other real-time movement
- Part 3. Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Summary and perspective. .
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 981-334-992-1
- OCLC:
- 1256263607
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