Confocal laser-scanning fluorescence microscopy: In situ determination of the confocal point-spread function and the chromatic shifts in intact cell nuclei

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 194-198

  Edelmann, P ^a   Esa, A ^a   Hausmann, M ^a   Cremer, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

CONFOCAL POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); INTACT CELL NUCLEI; SPECTRAL PRECISION DISTANCE MICROSCOPY (SPDM);

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032650350     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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