Hein H J, Czurratis P, Schroth D, Bernstein A
Orthopädische Klinik, Medizinischen Fakultät, Universität Halle.
Ann Anat. 1995 Jul;177(5):427-30. doi: 10.1016/S0940-9602(11)80149-4.
The Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM) is used to image mechanical structure and to measure the sound velocity in micrometers of in vitro samples from human bone. A similar principle is used in confocal laser scanning microscopy. The same sample is imaged by both methods and the results compared. We concentrated on the SAM, the function of which is described in greater detail. We demonstrate that the confocal scanning principle is applied in both microscopes, although information about structure differs, depending on the method used.
