Image processing algorithm for cell force sensor with a micropillar patterned substrate

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 49-64

  Smolik, Waldemar T ^a   Świeszkowski, Wojciech ^a   Kurzydłowski, Krzysztof J ^a   Bruinink, Arie ^b   Danz, Norbert ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell forces; Cell imaging; Cell motility; Image processing; Micro patterned substrate; Micropost array

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957575503     PISSN: 02085216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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