A method for estimating the oxygen consumption rate in multicellular tumour spheroids

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 92, 2014, Pages

  Grimes, David Robert ^a   Kelly, Catherine ^a   Bloch, Katarzyna ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Mathematical modelling; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen diffusion; Tumour spheroids

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HYPOXIA; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SPHEROID; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL HYPOXIA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOUR SPHEROIDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; TUMOUR SPHEROIDS;

CELL HYPOXIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84893131823     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1124     Document Type: Article

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