Multiphoton excitation provides optical sections from deeper within scattering specimens than confocal imaging

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2015-2024

  Centonze, Victoria E ^a   White, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; OPTICAL DENSITY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0031719058     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77643-X     Document Type: Article

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