Near real time confocal microscopy of cultured amelanotic cells: Sources of signal, contrast agents and limits of contrast

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-436

  Smithpeter, Colin ^a,b   Dunn, Andrew ^a,c   Drezek, Rebekah ^a   Collier, Tom ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Imaging; Near real time; Neoplasia; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMELANOTIC TISSUE; IMAGE CONTRAST; TIME CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032179251     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429853     Document Type: Article

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