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Tim A D Smith1, Gema Cabello1, Marco Mingarelli1
1School of Medicine Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Abstract:
Colony counting by eye is time consuming and subjective. Here comparison between the measurements of proliferative growth inhibition in plates of radiation-treated cells by an imaging station correlated highly significantly with counts determined by eye. This would suggest that an imaging station could be a viable alternative for colony counting for doses over 200KBq.
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Computed Tomography (CT) scan:
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