Maximum contrast projection: A powerful tool for biomedical image stack analysis.

Maximum intensity projection is a simple post-hoc dimension reduction approach that yields sharp 2-dimensional images from image stacks but is limited by low signal or high background. Herein, we demonstrated improvement in image contrast using maximum contrast versus maximum intensity projection in 3-dimensional phase-contrast and quantitative phase imaging of frozen cross-sections of murine peripheral nerve. Fresh frozen murine sciatic nerve sections were imaged using 3-dimensional fluorescence, phase-contrast, and quantitative phase microscopy.

Identification of immunoreactive antigens by phage display cDNA screen.

Human babesiosis is a malaria-like illness caused by protozoan parasites of the genus . is responsible for most cases of human babesiosis in the United States, particularly in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest. is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of infected deer ticks but also through the transfusion of blood components, particularly red blood cells.