A statistical algorithm for assessing cellular alignment

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 101 A, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 884-891

  Nectow, Alexander R ^a,c   Gil, Eun Seok ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a   Kilmer, Misha E ^b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cellular alignment; P19 cells; Silk

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC BIOMATERIALS; ANISOTROPIC SCAFFOLDS; NORMALIZED CUMULATIVE PERIODOGRAM; P19 CELLS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; STATISTICAL ALGORITHM; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; ALIGNMENT; BIOMATERIALS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; SILK; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR ALIGNMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL AGING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84876165901     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34385     Document Type: Article

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