Quantification of fluorescence intensity of labeled human mesenchymal stem cells and cell counting of unlabeled cells in phase-contrast imaging: An open-source-based algorithm

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1277-1285

  Polzer, Hans ^a   Haasters, Florian ^a   Prall, Wolf Christian ^a   Saller, Maximilian Michael ^a,b   Volkmer, Elias ^a   Drosse, Inga ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a   Schieker, Matthias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STEM CELLS;

ADHERENT CELLS; CELL COUNTING; CELL FATES; CELL NUMBER; CELL POPULATIONS; CELL-BASED THERAPY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE LABELING; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; IN-PHASE; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL;

FLUORESCENCE;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; STAINING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 78649683922     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0745     Document Type: Article

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