Automated image analysis of micronuclei by IMSTAR for biomonitoring

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Decordier, Ilse ^a   Papine, Alexandre ^b   Vande Loock, Kim ^a   Plas, Gina ^a   Soussaline, Françoise ^b   Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b IMSTAR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 78650635404     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq063     Document Type: Review

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