The role of specimen-induced spherical aberration in confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-172

  Torok P ^a,d   Hewlett, S J ^b   Varga, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal brightfield microscope; Confocal fluorescence microscope; Coverslip thickness; Point spread function; Spherical aberration; Stratified medium

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASPHERICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; SPHERES;

BRIGHT-FIELDS; CONFOCAL BRIGHTFIELD MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; COVERSLIP THICKNESS; COVERSLIPS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SPECIMEN STRUCTURES; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; STRATIFIED MEDIA; THREE-LAYER;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030734693     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2440802.x     Document Type: Review

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