An ultrasonically actuated silicon-microprobe-based testicular tubule assay

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2666-2674

  Ramkumar, Abhishek ^a   Lal, Amit ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Force transducer; Microprobe imaging; Seminiferous tubules; Strain gauge; Testicular sperm extraction (TESE); Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

MICRODISSECTION; MICROFABRICATION; PROBES; STRAIN GAGES; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FORCE TRANSDUCERS; LARGE DIAMETER; MICRO-PROBES; MICROPROBE IMAGING; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; STRAIN-GAGES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

EXTRACTION;

SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FORCE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICRODISSECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 70449379903     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2026910     Document Type: Article

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