Measuring the elastic properties of biological samples with the AFM

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 47-57

  Radmacher, Manfred ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT MICROSCOPES;

CELLS; ELASTIC MODULI; FORCE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPES; STIFFNESS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOMATERIAL; GELATIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; ELASTICITY; FORCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CELLS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYMERS;

EID: 0031106327     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.582176     Document Type: Review

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