Age of spheroids in days
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Radius (μm)
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Av. volume × 10-6(μm3)
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Avg. No. of cells/spheroid
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Avg. Cellular Diameter (μm)
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Cell packing density
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Viability (%)
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Plating Efficiency (%)
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7
|
93 ± 5
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3244
|
1176 ± 39
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13 ± 1
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0.36
|
98 ± 1.4
|
65 ± 0.6
|
14
|
148 ± 10
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13300
|
2222 ± 47
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7 ± 1(20%); 14 ± 1
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0.17
|
78 ± 1.9
|
63 ± 0.2
|
21
|
157 ± 11
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15896
|
4236 ± 63
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10 ± 1 (25%); 16 ± 1 (63%); 24 ± 2 (12%)
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0.27
|
77 ± 1.7
|
45 ± 0.2
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28
|
242 ± 19
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57891
|
8975 ± 78
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19 ± 2
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0.16
|
70 ± 3.2
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25 ± 0.1
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- Note: All values are mean ± SD of 20–50 observations from each experiment (radius, surface area, volume, Number of cells/spheroid and average size of cells) or 6 observations (viability and plating efficiency) from three experiments.