Two-photon microscopy and spectroscopy based on a compact confocal scanning head

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 300-310

  Diaspro, Alberto ^a   Chirico, Giberto ^b   Federici, Federico ^a   Cannone, Fabio ^b   Beretta, Sabrina ^b   Robello, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Department of Physics   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 D microscopy; Fluorescence fluctuations; Fluorescence polarization anisotropy; Lifetime; Micropatterning; Photobleaching; Point spread function; Two photon imaging; Two photon spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PROTEINS;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING HEAD; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATIONS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; MICROPATTERNING; PHOTOBLEACHING; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; TWO PHOTON IMAGING; TWO PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035384689     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1382809     Document Type: Article

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