A micropillar-based on-chip system for continuous force measurement of C. elegans

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ghanbari, Ali ^a   Nock, Volker ^a   Johari, Shazlina ^a   Blaikie, Richard ^a   Chen, Xiaoqi ^a   Wang, Wenhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATA POINTS; ELEGANS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; FORCE LEVEL; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MICRO-PILLARS; MICROFABRICATED; MODEL ORGANISMS; MOTION PATTERN; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; ON-CHIP SYSTEMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; WILD TYPES;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MUSCLE;

SILICONES;

EID: 84866321457     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/22/9/095009     Document Type: Article

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