Real time two-photon absorption microscopy using multi point excitation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-226

  Buist, A H ^a   Muller M ^a   Squier, J ^b   Brakenhoff, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Microlens arrays; Two photon absorption microscopy

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTONS;

MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MULTI-POINT EXCITATION; PARALLEL EXCITATION; PHOTON ABSORPTION MICROSCOPY; REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME PROCESS; SPEED UP; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031768679     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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