Title :
Morphological Changes of Chondrocytes in Compressed Articular Cartilage Using Polarized Light Microscopy
Author :
Cicek, Ekrem ; Badar, Farid ; Li, Jia ; Tian, Xiaoyu ; Xia, Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA
Abstract :
The orientation and shape of chondrocytes in compressed articular cartilage were studied quantitatively by polarized light microscopy (PLM) at 0.34 μm pixel-resolution. The morphological changes of the cell shapes, the cell orientation, and the territorial matrix surrounding the chondrocytes in articular cartilage were quantified.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; bone; cellular biophysics; optical microscopy; cell orientation; cell shapes; chondrocytes; compressed articular cartilage; morphological changes; polarized light microscopy; size 0.34 mum; territorial matrix; Biomedical optical imaging; Capacitive sensors; Electron microscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Physics; Shape; Solids; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5517190
