Assessing micromechanical properties of cells with atomic force microscopy: Importance of the contact point

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-210

  Crick, S L ^a   Yin, F C P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

CONTACT POINTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MATERIALS; MATERIAL STIFFNESS;

CELLS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33947370514     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-006-0046-x     Document Type: Article

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