Non-contact micro-cantilevers detect photothermally induced vibrations that can segregate different categories of exfoliative cervical cytology

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-677

  Hammiche, Azzedine ^a   Walsh, Michael J ^b   Pollock, Hubert M ^a   Martin Hirsch, Pierre L ^c   Martin, Francis L ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy cantilever; Cantilever mechanical vibrations; IR spectral analysis; Near field; Non contact; Photo thermo mechanical

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKARYOSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIBRATION;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247556446     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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