Using offset interfering beams for improved resolution in confocal imaging: The potential of the PSAF-technique

Bioimaging

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Muller M ^a   Brakenhoff, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

confocal imaging; lateral resolution; point spread function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030511931     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199609)4:3<179::AID-BIO8>3.3.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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