Radially symmetric excitation and collection optics for flow cytometric sorting of aspherical cells

Cytometry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-370

  Sharpe, John C ^a,c   Schaare, Peter N ^b   Künnemeyer, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epi illumination; Flow cytometer; Parabolic collection optics; Sperm sexing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CATTLE; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOGRAM; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CHINCHILLA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; OPTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031464645     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19971201)29:4<363::AID-CYTO13>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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