A novel method for quantifying shape deformation applied to biocompatibility testing

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-271

  Metzler, Volker ^a,b   Bienert, Hans ^a   Lehmann, Thomas ^a   Mottaghy, Khosrow ^a   Spitzer, Klaus ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOXICITY;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS; MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

ALCOHOL; BIOMATERIAL; SILASTIC;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROBLAST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0033492796     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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