Confocal backscattering spectroscopy for leukemic and normal blood cell discrimination

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 79 A, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 866-873

  Greiner, Cherry ^a   Hunter, Martin ^a   Huang, Peter ^a,c   Rius, Francisca ^b   Georgakoudi, Irene ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Leukemia; Light scattering; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; PATHOLOGY; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; CELL LINE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LIGHT; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053105679     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21095     Document Type: Article

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