Simple modification of a commercial scanning laser microscope to incorporate dark-field imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-268

  Torok P ^a   Laczik, Z ^b   Skepper, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological application; Confocal laser microscopy; Dark field imaging; Materials application; Off axis systems; On axis systems

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DARK FIELD IMAGING; IMAGING MODES; MATERIAL APPLICATION; OFF-AXIS; OFF-AXIS SYSTEM; ON-AXIS; ON-AXIS SYSTEM; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS;

MICROSCOPES;

ARTICLE; IMAGING; LASER MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029978039     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.127408.x     Document Type: Article

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