Novel Plant Imaging and Analysis

Dr. Tomoko M. Nakanishi majored in radiochemistry and got Ph.D. from The Univ. of Tokyo. She is internationally known especially for her elegant and innovative imaging work, using radioactive tracers and neutron radiography to follow the transport of water, elements and 14CO2 gas in plants. After Fukushima Nuclear Accident, she summarized the environmental and agricultural research in 3 books published from Springer. Because of these activities she received Hevesy Medal Award and honorary Dr. from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden. She is a member of Science Council of Japan and a foreign member of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. She was a president of The Japanese Soc. of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part 1. Water in a Plant.- Chapter 2. Introduction.- Chapter 3 Water Specific Imaging.- Chapter 4. Real-Time Water Movement in a Plant.- Part 2. Elements in a Plant.- Chapter 5. Element specific distribution in a plant.- Chapter 6. Real-Time Element Movement in a Plant.- Chapter 7. Visualization of Gas fixation in a Plant.- Chapter 8. 3D images.- Chapter 9. Microautoradiography (MAR).- Chapter 10. Other real-time movement.- Part 3. Conclusion.- Chapter 11. Summary and perspective.