Finite element modelling and design of a concentration gradient generating bioreactor: Application to biological pattern formation and toxicology

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1828-1837

  Vozzi, Giovanni ^a,b   Mazzei, Daniele ^a   Tirella, Annalisa ^a,c   Vozzi, Federico ^d   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Chemical Engineering Industrial Chemistry and Materials Science ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Cell testing; Concentration gradient maker; Gerier Meinhardt model; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIDOCAINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRADIENT MAKER BIOREACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOBLAST; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIDOCAINE; MICROFLUIDICS; MYOBLASTS; OXIDANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77956169648     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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