Anisotropic, three-dimensional deformation of single attached cells under compression

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1443-1452

  Peeters, Emiel A G ^a   Bouten, Carlijn V C ^a   Oomens, Cees W J ^a   Bader, Dan L ^a,b   Snoeckx, Luc H E H ^a,c   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell deformation; Cell mechanics; Confocal microscopy; Image analysis; Muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; STRAIN; SURFACES;

CELL ATTACHMENTS; CELL DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL LOADS; MORPHOMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 8644240255     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/B:ABME.0000042231.59230.72     Document Type: Article

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