Coherent backscatter enhances reflection confocal microscopy

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 858-866

  Keith, Charles H ^a   Bird, Glenn J ^a   Farmer, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031737972     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98255bt03     Document Type: Article

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