Effects of specimen refractive index on confocal imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-374

  Sheppard, C J R ^a   Torok P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberration; Confocal microscopy; Point spread function

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AXIAL STRETCHING; CONFOCAL IMAGING; OIL IMMERSION OBJECTIVE; PEAK INTENSITY; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SCALINGS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030895212     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.d01-627.x     Document Type: Article

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