Advances in nonlinear optical microscopy for visualizing dynamic tissue properties in culture

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-131

  Yeh, Alvin T ^a   Gibbs, Holly ^a   Hu, Jin Jia ^a   Larson, Adam M ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELL CULTURE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; VISUALIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DIRECT LINKS; ENGINEERED TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX INTERACTIONS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN CELLS; IN-VIVO; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC LENGTH SCALES; MICROSTRUCTURAL; MODERN LIFE SCIENCES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

BICOID; COLLAGEN GEL; MORPHOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLLAGEN;

BIOMEDICINE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FIBROBLAST; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OPTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44949193935     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/teb.2007.0284     Document Type: Review

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