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. 2015 Dec 18;11:55. doi: 10.1186/s13007-015-0098-y

Table 2.

Comparison of global measures of length between X-ray in-line phase tomography and conventional histology of different maize seed compartment at 7 DAP

Imaging technique X-ray in-line phase tomography (%) Conventional histology (%)
Nucellus 85 85
Endosperm 47.5 52
Embryon 1.2 2.0

The reference 100 % is taken as the length of the pericarp