Elimination of the effects of stray light in measurements by total internal reflection aqueous fluorescence (TIRAF)

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-148

  Gingell, D ^a   Heavens, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell contact; Fluorescence; Glare; Platelet; Scatter; Total internal reflection

Indexed keywords

PLATELETS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAY LIGHT;

CELL CONTACTS; SCATTER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE CONTOUR; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0029944288     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.137418.x     Document Type: Article

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