Limitations on optical sectioning in live-cell confocal microscopy

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Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Pawley, James B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Living cell; Optical sectioning; Refractive index; Spherical aberration

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC) IMAGES;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 0036746575     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950240504     Document Type: Article

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