Image-based fluidic sorting system for automated Zebrafish egg sorting into multiwell plates

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Graf, Siegfried F ^a   Hötzel, Sebastian ^b   Liebel, Urban ^b   Stemmer, Andreas ^c   Knapp, Helmut F ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated; Cell sorting; Danio rerio; Multiwell plate; Toxicity testing; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; TOXICITY;

AUTOMATED; CELL SORTING; DANIO RERIO; MULTI WELLS; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRAFISH;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EMBRYO; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

EID: 79954987224     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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