Combined nanomanipulation by atomic force microscopy and UV-laser ablation for chromosomal dissection

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Stark, Robert W ^a,b   Rubio Sierra, Francisco J ^a   Thalhammer, Stefan ^a   Heckl, Wolfgang M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image processing; Microdissection; Scanning force microscopy; Ultraviolet lasers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER SURGERY; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0038583520     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0270-y     Document Type: Article

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