Measurement-based evaluation of optical pathlength distributions reconstructed from simulated differential interference contrast images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-176

  Van Munster, E B ^a   Winter, E K ^a   Aten, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area; DIC; Dry mass; Image processing; Interference; Measurement; Microscopy; Nomarski; Optical pathlength; Reconstruction; Simulation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

AREA; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; DRY MASS; IMAGES PROCESSING; INTERFERENCE; NOMARSKI; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; ORIENTATION ANGLES; RECONSTRUCTION; SIMULATION;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031821597     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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