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Volume Electron Microscopy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
Electron microscopy techniques designed to reconstruct 3-D images at micrometer volume scales at nanometer (nm) level resolutions. Volume electron microscopy uses various techniques to render, segment and reconstruct 3-D images from stacked sequential 2-D images of incremental z-planes.
Entry Term(s)
FIB-SEM
Focused Ion Beam SEM
Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy
SBF-SEM
Serial Block-Face SEM
Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy
Serial Sectioning TEM
Serial Sectioning Transmission Electron Microscopy
Electron microscopy techniques designed to reconstruct 3-D images at micrometer volume scales at nanometer (nm) level resolutions. Volume electron microscopy uses various techniques to render, segment and reconstruct 3-D images from stacked sequential 2-D images of incremental z-planes.