A microfluidic shadow imaging system for the study of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in space

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 904-914

  Lange, Dirk ^a   Storment, Christopher W ^a   Conley, Catharine A ^b   Kovacs, Gregory T A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Microfluidics; Nematode; Shadow imaging; Space biology; Video signal processing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SPACE FLIGHT; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MICROFLUIDICS; NEMATODE; SHADOW IMAGING; SPACE BIOLOGY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 18544380936     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2004.12.039     Document Type: Article

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