An Aperture-Shifting Light-Microscopic Method for Rapidly Quantifying Positions of Cells in 3D Matrices

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Burton, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightfield; Cell; Gel; Microscopy, 3 dimensional; Oblique illumination; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILLUMINATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0348112465     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.10062     Document Type: Article

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