4Pi-confocal imaging in fixed biological specimens

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1659-1668

  Schrader, Martin ^a   Bahlmann, Karsten ^a   Giese, Günter ^a,b   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031682588     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77608-8     Document Type: Article

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