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Quantitative evaluation of morphological changes in activated platelets in vitro using digital holographic microscopy

Authors: Yutaka Kitamura, Kazushige Isobe, Hideo Kawabata, Tetsuhiro Tsujino, Taisuke Watanabe, Masayuki Nakamura, Toshihisa Toyoda, Hajime Okudera, Kazuhiro Okuda, Koh Nakata, Tomoyuki Kawase

Journal: Micron (2018)

Institution: Niigata University

Research Areas: Method development

Cell Lines: Human platelets

Summary: The feasibility of DHM (Digital Holographic Microscopy) in the quantitative evaluation of morphological changes in activated platelets was evaluated. Data shown implies that DHM using HoloMonitor could be a promissing method for quantitative examination of morphological changes in platelets in vitro. The publication also includes a comparision of the performance of different techniques for this purpose.

Keywords: HoloMonitor M4, Cell morphology, Digital holographic microscopy, Platelets, Aggregation, Activation

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