Microfluidic impedance-based flow cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-666

  Cheung, Karen C ^a   Berardino, Marco Di ^b   Schade Kampmann, Grit ^b   Hebeisen, Monika ^b   Pierzchalski, Arkadiusz ^c   Bocsi, Jozsef ^c   Mittag, Anja ^c   Tárnok, Attila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Leister Process Technologies   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic focusing; Impedance characterization; Label free; Microfluidics; Single cell analysis; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954247568     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20910     Document Type: Review

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