Biomechanical analysis of structural deformation in living cells

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 951-963

  Bader, D L ^a   Knight, M M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cell deformation; Confocal; Mechanics; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

CELL DEFORMATION; CONFOCAL; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CELLS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN CELL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SHAPE; CHONDROCYTES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 53149084079     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0381-4     Document Type: Review

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