Identification and quantification of skeletal myotube contraction and association in vitro by video microscopy

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 413-424

  Langhammer, Christopher G ^a,b   Zahn, Jeffrey D ^a   Firestein, Bonnie L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractility; Contraction; Myotube; Optical analysis; Skeletal muscle; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77955885397     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20457     Document Type: Article

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