Combination of annular aperture and polarization gating methods for efficient microscopic imaging through a turbid medium: Theoretical analysis

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-503

  Gan, X ^a   Schilders, S ^a   Gu, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annular aperture; Confocal microscopy; Microscopic imaging; Polarization; Turbid media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031322773     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1431927697970379     Document Type: Article

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