Noninvasive assessment of collagen gel microstructure and mechanics using multiphoton microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2212-2222

  Raub, Christopher B ^a   Suresh, Vinod ^a   Krasieva, Tatiana ^b   Lyubovitsky, Julia ^b   Mih, Justin D ^a   Putnam, Andrew J ^a   Tromberg, Bruce J ^a,b,c   George, Steven C ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 33947654947     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097998     Document Type: Article

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