Two-color image analysis discriminates between mineralized and unmineralized bone nodules in vitro

BioTechniques

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1188-1198

  Purpura, Kelly A ^b   Aubin, Jane E ^b   Zandstra, Peter W ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BONE; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

QUANTIFICATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALVARIA; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037501372     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03346st02     Document Type: Article

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