Confocal optical microscopy

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-471

  Webb, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0000573215     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/59/3/003     Document Type: Article

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