Force pattern characterisation of Caenorhabditis elegans in motion

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Ghanbari, Ali ^b   Nock, Volker ^a   Blaikie, Richard ^a   Geoffrey Chase, J ^b   Chen, XiaoQi ^b   Wang, Wenhui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

automation; biomechanics; C. elegans; computer vision; force sensor; lab on chip; MEMS; micro device; muscle arm

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053980388     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2010.034742     Document Type: Article

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