Inter-laboratory comparison on the size and stability of monodisperse and bimodal synthetic reference particles for standardization of extracellular vesicle measurements

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Nicolet, Anaïs ^a   Meli, Felix ^a   Van Der Pol, Edwin ^b   Yuana, Yuana ^b   Gollwitzer, Christian ^c   Krumrey, Michael ^c   Cizmar, Petr ^c   Buhr, Egbert ^c   Pétry, Jasmine ^d   Sebaihi, Noham ^d   De Boeck, Bert ^d   Fokkema, Vincent ^e   Bergmans, Rob ^e   Nieuwland, Rienk ^b,e  

^a METAS   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d SMD   (Belgium)

^e VSL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bimodal size distribution; calibration; extracellular vesicles; inter laboratory comparison; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CALIBRATION; HOSPITALS; NANOPARTICLES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTES; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; REFERENCE PARTICLES;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84958211863     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/27/3/035701     Document Type: Article

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