Semi-quantitative monitoring of confluence of adherent mesenchymal stromal cells on calcium-phosphate granules by using widefield microscopy images

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2395-2410

  Piccinini, Filippo ^a   Pierini, Michela ^b   Lucarelli, Enrico ^b   Bevilacqua, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULATION;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; CELL DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; FLUORESCENT IMAGES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; QUANTITATIVE MONITORING; WIDE-FIELD MICROSCOPIES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; BONE PROSTHESIS;

ADHERENT CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLEACHING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MICROSCOPE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84918828416     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-014-5242-0     Document Type: Article

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