Refractive index measurement in viable cells using quantitative phase-amplitude microscopy and confocal microscopy

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Curl, Claire L ^a   Bellair, Catherine J ^a   Harris, Trudi ^a   Allman, Brendan E ^b   Harris, Peter J ^a   Stewart, Alastair G ^a   Roberts, Ann ^a   Nugent, Keith A ^a   Delbridge, Lea M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Iatia Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle cells; Cell culture; Image analysis; Live cell imaging; Optical thickness; Quantitative phase microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 18044385343     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20134     Document Type: Article

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