Colored three-dimensional microanatomy from the light microscopy to the computer

Abstract

These last 30 years have seen the overall application of transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM &SEM: STEM) to the study of fisomedical specimens which allowed a direct view of the inside and surface of cells, tissues and organs. In particular, these techniques have permitted a more rapid understanding and interpretation of the three-dimensional (3-D) architecture of minute parts of the human body, much and richly clarifying the two-dimensional view originally furnished by simple light microscopy. In particular, the teaching by using STEM methods in the Institute of Anatomy at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome became an integral and fundamental part of the course of microanatomy.