Automated comet assay analysis

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-144

  Bocker W ^a   Rolf, W ^a   Bauch, T ^a   Muller W U ^a   Streffer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Comet assay; DNA damage; Image processing; Mathematical morphology; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242633885     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990201)35:2<134::AID-CYTO5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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