Optical measurement of surface tension in a miniaturized air-liquid interface and its application in lung physiology

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1353-1361

  Bertocchi, C ^a   Ravasio, A ^a   Bernet, S ^a   Putz, G ^b   Dietl, P ^c   Haller, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 23244433042     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.053132     Document Type: Article

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