Dual photon excitation microscopy and image threshold segmentation in live cell imaging during compression testing

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2024-2031

  Moo, Eng Kuan ^a,b   Abusara, Ziad ^b   Abu Osman, Noor Azuan ^a   Pingguan Murphy, Belinda ^a   Herzog, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Automatic threshold selection; Chondrocytes; Fluorescence laser scanning microscopy; Osteoarthritis; Photobleaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; AUTOMATIC THRESHOLD SELECTION; CHONDROCYTES; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; CELLS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLEACHING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL VOLUME; COMPRESSION; COW; DUAL PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOMATIC THRESHOLD SELECTION; CHONDROCYTES; FLUORESCENCE LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHOTOBLEACHING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84880702563     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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