Combined Optical Tweezers and Quantitative Phase Imaging for Mechanical Characterization of Ovarian Cells
| Autor: | Thompson Lu, Brenna Corliss, Simon Lee, Bahman Anvari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Materials science
business.industry Flexural modulus Optical force 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Characterization (materials science) 010309 optics Optics Optical tweezers 0103 physical sciences Phase imaging Ovarian cancer cells Optoelectronics 0210 nano-technology business Refractive index |
| Zdroj: | Optics in the Life Sciences Congress. |
| DOI: | 10.1364/ota.2017.ottu2e.2 |
| Popis: | We have combined optical tweezers platform with quantitative phase imaging to characterize the mechanical properties of cells. Our results indicate that the bending modulus of ovarian cancer cells is lower than that of non-cancerous cells. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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