Far-field fluorescence microscopy with three-dimensional resolution in the 100-nm range

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Hell, S W ^a   Schrader, M ^b   Van Der Voort, H T M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Scientific Volume Imaging BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4Pi confocal microscopy; Fibroblast; Fluorescence; Point spread function; Resolution; Restoration; Superresolution; Two photon

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS; PROTEINS; RESTORATION;

4PI CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FAR-FIELD FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; RESOLUTION; SUPERRESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MICROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESOLUTION; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

F ACTIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030747348     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2410797.x     Document Type: Article

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