A fluorescence digital image microscopy system for quantifying relative cell numbers in tissue culture plates

Cytometry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-213

  Proffitt, Robert T ^a   Tran, James V ^a   Reynolds, C Patrick ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Digital imaging; Fluorescein diacetate; Fluorescence; Hoechst 33342; Microwell; MTT; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; HOE 33342;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030056207     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960701)24:3<204::AID-CYTO3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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