Wide-field optically sectioning fluorescence microscopy with laser illumination

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Neil, M A A ^a   Squire, A ^a,b   Juskaitis R ^a   Bastiaens, P I H ^a,b   Wilson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Lasers; Optical sectioning

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

DIMENSIONAL GRIDS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; GRID PATTERN; GROUND GLASS; ILLUMINATION SYSTEM; LASER ILLUMINATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL SECTIONING; SIMPLE METHOD; WIDE-FIELD;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033978836     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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