Dark-field and differential phase contrast imaging modes in confocal microscopy using a half-aperture stop

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Torok P ^a   Sheppard, C J R ^b   Laczik, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASERS; MICROSCOPES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING MODE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030234670     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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