Advances and challenges in high-throughput microscopy for live-cell subcellular imaging

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1299-1315

  Oheim, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; High throughput screening; Liquid handling; Live cell; Optofluidics; Robotic microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL ASSAY; CELL SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA MINING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 83455163446     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: 1746045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2011.637105     Document Type: Review

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