Surpassing the lateral resolution limit by a factor of two using structured illumination microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-87

  Gustafsson, M G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Fluorescence microscopy; Interference; Lateral resolution; Moire microscopy; Optical transfer function; Patterned excitation; Resolution; Structured illumination; Super resolution; Wide field microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETONS; INTERFERENCE; LATERAL RESOLUTION; MOIRE MICROSCOPY; PATTERNED EXCITATION; RESOLUTION; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION; SUPERRESOLUTION; WIDE-FIELD MICROSCOPIES;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034028826     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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