Selective imaging of surface fluorescence with very high aperture microscope objectives

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-13

  Axelrod, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; REFLECTION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EVANESCENT FIELD; NEAR FIELD; SELECTIVE IMAGING; SURFACE FLUORESCENCE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SECRETORY VESICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASERS; LENSES; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 0034745197     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1335689     Document Type: Article

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