Single-cell microfluidic Impedance cytometry: A review

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-443

  Sun, Tao ^a   Morgan, Hywel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; CELL FUNCTIONS; CELL TYPES; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CYTOMETRY; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE DATA; IN-CELL; LAB-ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGY; LABEL FREE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NONINVASIVE METHODS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SIMPLE CELL; SINGLE CELL ASSAYS; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS;

CELLS;

EID: 77954260151     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0580-9     Document Type: Review

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