Estimating cell concentration in three-dimensional engineered tissues using high frequency quantitative ultrasound

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1292-1304

  Mercado, Karla P ^a,b   Helguera, María ^b,c   Hocking, Denise C ^a,b   Dalecki, Diane ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated backscatter coefficient; Nondestructive evaluation; Parametric imaging; Tissue engineering; Ultrasound tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HISTOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PARAMETRIC IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

AGAROSE; SEPHAROSE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO; HIGH FREQUENCY QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; FIBROBLAST; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOUND; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; SEPHAROSE; SOUND; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84900016625     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-0994-8     Document Type: Article

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