Multifocal multiphoton microscopy: A fast and efficient tool for 3-D fluorescence imaging

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Straub, Martin ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Fluorescence microscopy; Multifocal; Optical cell tomography; PC12 cells; Three dimensional; Two photon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032435311     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199812)6:4<177::AID-BIO3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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