Rapid observation of unfixed, unstained human skin biopsy specimens with confocal microscopy and visualization

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Masters, Barry R ^a   Aziz, David J ^b   Gmitro, Arthur F ^b   Kerr, James H ^c   O'Grady, Terence C ^c   Goldman, Leon ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser scanning confocal microscope; Reflected light skin imaging; Skin biopsy; Three dimensional confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

ANAGLYPHS; CONTRAST; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANELLES; REFLECTED LIGHT CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REFLECTED LIGHT SKIN IMAGING; SKIN BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031246313     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.285088     Document Type: Article

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