A flow rate independent cell concentration measurement chip using electrical cell counters across a fixed control volume

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Lee, Dong Woo ^a   Yi, Soyeon ^a   Cho, Young Ho ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomedical equipment; Biomedical impedance imaging; Biomedical laboratories

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CELL CONCENTRATION; FIXED CONTROL VOLUME; HEMACYTOMETER;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 40449135748     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2007.906766     Document Type: Article

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