High-resolution confocal microscopy using synchrotron radiation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-224

  Van Der Oord, C J R ^a   Jones, G R ^b   Shaw, D A ^b   Munro, I H ^b   Levine, Y K ^a   Gerritsen, H C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; synchrotron radiation; ultraviolet microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRONS;

BROAD SPECTRUM; CONFOCAL IMAGING; CONFOCAL SCANNING; COUMESTROL; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE; ULTRAVIOLET MICROSCOPY; UV-LIGHT;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

COUMESTROL; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029834787     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.66432.x     Document Type: Article

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