Slit-scanning confocal microendoscope for high-resolution in vivo imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 7133-7144

  Sabharwal, Yashvinder S ^a,b   Rouse, Andrew R ^a   Donaldson, LaTanya ^a   Hopkins, Mark F ^b   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Optical Insights   (United States)

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EID: 0000263565     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007133     Document Type: Article

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