Combining optical quadrature and differential interference contrast to facilitate embryonic cell counting with fluorescence imaging for confirmation

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5699, Issue , 2005, Pages 334-341

  Warger II, William C ^a   Newmark, Judith A ^a   Chang, Chihching ^a   Brooks, Dana H ^a   Warner, Carol M ^a   Dimarzio, Charles A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNTING; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; EMBRYO; MULTI-MODAL; OPTICAL QUADRATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 21844472777     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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