Contrast, resolution, pixelation, dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio: Fundamental limits to resolution in fluorescence light microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Stelzer, E H K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airy disc; Confocal; Conventional; Distances; Reflection; Transfer function; Wide field

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AIRY DISKS; CONFOCAL; CONTRAST RESOLUTION; CONVENTIONAL; DISTANCE; DYNAMIC RANGE; DYNAMIC SIGNALS; NUMERICAL APERTURE; PIXELATION; WIDE-FIELD;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031907408     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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