The effect of detector size on the signal-to-noise ratio in confocal polarized light microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-14

  Wilson, T ^a   Torok P ^a   Higdon, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Polarization; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

DETECTOR SIZE; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPES; POLARIZED-LIGHT MICROSCOPY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031907850     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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