A Fast Optical Method for the Determination of Liquid Levels in Microplates

Joint Authors

Thurow, Kerstin
Stoll, Norbert
Ritterbusch, Kai

Source

Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry

Issue

Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2011-06-18

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Chemistry

Abstract EN

Parallel liquid handling systems are widely used in different applications of life sciences.

In order to avoid false positive or negative results which lead to higher costs due to the replication of the experiments it is necessary to monitor the process and success of liquid delivery.

An easy method for the determination of the liquid levels in microplates has been developed and evaluated.

The optical method bases on the measurement of the liquid level using CCD cameras followed by special algorithms for the evaluation and visualization of the measured data.

The proposed method was tested in changing environmental lighting for two different liquids.

These tests confirm our approach towards optical liquid level determination for smallest volumes in microplates and also show the challenges regarding environmental lighting and different physical properties of fluids.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Thurow, Kerstin& Stoll, Norbert& Ritterbusch, Kai. 2011. A Fast Optical Method for the Determination of Liquid Levels in Microplates. Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Thurow, Kerstin…[et al.]. A Fast Optical Method for the Determination of Liquid Levels in Microplates. Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499444

American Medical Association (AMA)

Thurow, Kerstin& Stoll, Norbert& Ritterbusch, Kai. A Fast Optical Method for the Determination of Liquid Levels in Microplates. Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499444

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-499444