
This open access book is only an introduction to show that radiation and radioisotopes (RI) are premier tools to study living plant physiology which leads to new findings. Who had ever imagined that we could see water in a plant? Who had ever imagined that we could see ions moving toward roots in solution? Who had ever imagined that we could see invisible gas (CO2) fixation and movement in a plant? These studies demonstrated for the first time that water, ions and gas can be visualized in living plants, which could be hardly seen by anyone before. This publication summarizes the results obtained by Nakanishi’s lab in The Univ. of Tokyo, based on her original concept and her original tools or systems. It is useful for professional scientists, plant physiologist, and those studying plant imaging. The chapters demonstrates the innovative imaging work of the author, using radioactive tracers and neutron beam to follow the absorption and transport manner of water as well as major, minor, and trace elements in plants. Through these studies the author developed a real-time macroscopic and microscopic imaging system able to apply commercially available gamma- and beta-ray emitters. The real-time movement of the elements is now possible by using 14C, 18F, 22Na, 28Mg, 32P, 33P, 35S, 42K, 45Ca, 48V, 54Mn, 55Fe, 59Fe, 65Zn, 86Rb, 109Cd, and 137Cs. The imaging methods was applied to study the effect of 137Cs following 3/11 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident, which has revealed the movements of radiocesium in the contaminated sites.
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Water imaging, Imaging Techniques, Nuclear Chemistry, Radioisotope imaging, RI, Biophysics, Neutron beam imaging, thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany and plant sciences, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, 32P, Botany & plant sciences, Open Access, Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry, thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHV Applied physics::PHVN Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Living plant activity, Bioanalysis and Bioimaging, Visualization of gas fixation, 33P, Imaging / Radiology, Materials Science, general, thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNF Analytical chemistry::PNFS Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry, Materials science, Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation, thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNR Physical chemistry::PNRL Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation, thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science, Plant Physiology, Element movement, Medical physics, Medical imaging, Radiology, Spectroscopy/Spectrometry, Fixed carbon movement, thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKS Medical imaging::MKSH Medical imaging: radiology
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