Improvement in imaging in confocal fluorescent microscopes using multiple detectors

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 126-129

  Gauderon, R ^a   Sheppard, C J R ^a  

^a School of Physics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Image processing; Resolution; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031696730     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199809)6:3<126::AID-BIO2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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