Multicolor fluorescent microspheres as calibration standards for confocal laser scanning microscopy

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-163

  Zhang, Yu Zhong ^a   Carter, David ^b  

^a MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

^b Genomic Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Calibration; Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM); Fluorescent microsphere standards; Image registration; Optical section

Indexed keywords

DYE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032864666     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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