The full process from brain specimen preparation to serial sectioning imaging using the Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope, to data visualization and analysis is described. This technique is currently used to acquire mouse brain data, but it is applicable to other organs, other species.
Choe, Y., Mayerich, D., Kwon, J., Miller, D. E., Sung, C., Chung, J. R., Huffman, T., Keyser, J., Abbott, L. C. Specimen Preparation, Imaging, and Analysis Protocols for Knife-edge Scanning Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (58), e3248, doi:10.3791/3248 (2011).