From cellular cultures to cellular spheroids: Is impedance spectroscopy a viable tool for monitoring multicellular spheroid (MCS) drug models?

IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-76

  Alexander, Frank A ^a   Price, Dorielle Tucker ^a   Bhansali, Shekhar ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D cellular models; bioimpedance; electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); label free cell based biosensors; tumor spheroids

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MONOLAYERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

3-D CELLULAR MODEL; BIO-IMPEDANCE; CELL-BASED BIOSENSOR; CELLULAR MODELING; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE CELLS; LABEL FREE; LABEL FREE CELL-BASED BIOSENSOR; TUMOR SPHEROID;

CELLS;

ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MICE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 84875874021     PISSN: 19373333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2012.2222023     Document Type: Article

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