Orientation-dependent visibility of long thin objects in polarization-based microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2969-2980

  Arimoto, Rieko ^a,c   Murray, John M ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NIKON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXONEME; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLAGELLUM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROTUBULE; ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEA URCHINS; SPERM TAIL;

EID: 0030051033     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79867-3     Document Type: Article

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