Aberrations in confocal fluorescence microscopy induced by mismatches in refractive index

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 391-405

  HELL, S ^a   REINER, G ^b   CREMER, C ^b   STELZER, E H K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aberrated PSF; Confocal fluorescence microscopy; focal shift; intensity drop; refractive index mismatch; resolution; vectorial theory; z response

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0027503192     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1993.tb03315.x     Document Type: Article

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