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Lexical cue |
T426 |
0-10 |
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denotes |
Appendix 3 |
T427 |
11-27 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Further datasets |
T428 |
28-37 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Controls: |
T429 |
38-128 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The imaging workflow was also applied to hydrated and/or healthy lung tissue as a control. |
T430 |
129-193 |
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denotes |
First, overview scans covering the entire samples were recorded. |
T431 |
194-376 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Then, hydrated 1 mm biopsy punches (two for CTRLI, one for CTRLII and CTRLIII, where CTRLII and CTRLIII are from the same patient) were recorded in (1 - parallel beam) configuration. |
T432 |
377-459 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Biopsy punches from CTRLII and CTRLIII were also examined in (2 - cone beam) mode. |
T433 |
460-660 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Appendix 3—figure 1 presents (a) the rendering of the hydrated control, and (b,c) virtual slices through the reconstruction volume, showing the lung parenchymal architecture in healthy control tissue. |
T434 |
661-680 |
Sentence |
denotes |
UA-stained samples: |
T435 |
681-785 |
Sentence |
denotes |
For all Covid-19 patients, autopsies were also treated by UA-staining in order to increase the contrast. |
T436 |
786-882 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Stitched overview scans in (1 - parallel beam) configuration were recorded, similar to Figure 3. |
T437 |
883-1023 |
Sentence |
denotes |
From the UA-labeled tissue blocks of patients I, III, IV and V, 1 mm, biopsy punches were than scanned in the same configuration (Figure 4). |
T438 |
1024-1177 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Using the (2 - cone beam) setup, these samples from I, III and IV were imaged at 8.0keV x-rays, while V was examined at 13.8keV, as shown for Figure 5. |
T439 |
1178-1212 |
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denotes |
Variation of propagation distance: |
T440 |
1213-1400 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Scans of the unstained tissue block from patient II were recorded at different propagation distances (z12=50, 100 and 125keV) and different x-ray energies (13.3, 13.8, 14.3 and 14.8 keV). |
T441 |
1401-1502 |
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denotes |
In cone-beam configuration, the unstained biopsy punch from patient I was scanned at 13.8keV x-rays. |
T442 |
1503-1521 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Compact μCT scans: |
T443 |
1522-1880 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Prior to the synchrotron experiment, some of the samples have been examined with a laboratory phase-contrast μCT-setup in large mm2-sized FOV-configuration (Liquid metal jet source, Kα=9.5keV, pxeff=5μm, z12=1.7m, 1200 projections of 1 s exposure time with a flat panel CMOS detector with 150μm Gadox-scintillator, PerkinElmer, USA) (Bartels et al., 2013). |
T444 |
1881-2090 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Metal-staining (here UA) of the lung tissue helped to achieve sufficient contrast, similar to previous μCT-studies of other biological tissues (Müller et al., 2017; Busse et al., 2018; De Clercq et al., 2019). |
T445 |
2091-2177 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The resulting overview scans could also be correlated well with histological sections. |
T446 |
2178-2198 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Appendix 3—figure 1. |
T447 |
2200-2248 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Illustrations of control lung tissue (hydrated). |
T448 |
2249-2462 |
Sentence |
denotes |
(a) Volume rendering of the tissue block (0.97×1.00×0.73 mm3) and (b) slice through the volume, examined in PB-configuration. (c) Slice from the cone-beam scan, arrows indicating the structure of a healthy septum. |
T449 |
2463-2513 |
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denotes |
Particularly, macrophages and erythrocytes emerge. |
T450 |
2514-2554 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Scale bars: (b) 100μm and (c) 300μm. |
T451 |
2555-2575 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Appendix 3—figure 2. |
T452 |
2577-2630 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Screening with a laboratory phase-contrast μCT-setup. |
T453 |
2631-2838 |
Sentence |
denotes |
(UA-stained tissue block, patient I). (a) Histological and (b) correlative virtual slice from laboratory phase-contrast tomography. (c) Volume rendering of the entire tissue block from a similar perspective. |
T454 |
2839-2849 |
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denotes |
Scale bar: |
T455 |
2850-2855 |
Sentence |
denotes |
1 mm. |