Confocal 3D DNA cytometry: Assessment of required coefficient of variation by computer simulation

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Ploeger, Lennert S ^a   Beliën, Jeroen A M ^b   Poulin, Neal M ^a   Grizzle, William ^c   Van Diest, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; DNA ploidy; Histogram quality; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOMETRY; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLOIDIES; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 4344618805     PISSN: 15705870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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