The RABiT: A rapid automated biodosimetry tool for radiological triage. II. Technological developments

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 776-790

  Garty, Guy ^a   Chen, Youhua ^b,c   Turner, Helen C ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b,d   Lyulko, Oleksandra V ^a   Bertucci, Antonella ^a   Xu, Yanping ^a   Wang, Hongliang ^b   Simaan, Nabil ^b,e   Randers Pehrson, Gerhard ^a   Lawrence Yao, Y ^b   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodosimetry; biomedical automation; high throughput; radiation triage

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; LASER; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAPID AUTOMATED BIODOSIMETRY TOOL; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; STAINING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 79961035085     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.573612     Document Type: Article

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