Laser scanning third-harmonic-generation microscopy in biology

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Yelin, D ^a   Silberberg, Y ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPES; WAVELENGTH;

SCANNING;

EID: 0000221574     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000169     Document Type: Article

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