Fig. 2From: Initial damage produced by a single 15-Gy x-ray irradiation to the rat calvaria skinRepresentative images of the dermis layer of skin obtained from Masson trichrome staining for each time point assessed after x-ray irradiation. Scheme of the calvaria region in which the skin was evaluated (a). Control (b), day 4 (c), day 9 (d), detail from d (d’), day 14 (e), and day 25 (f). Note the amorphous morphology of the collagen fibers produced by the x-ray irradiation in d’ (arrowheads)Back to article page