Particle imaging using a transmission wide-field phase confocal microscope

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-110

  Astrakharchik Farrimond, Eugene ^a   Shekunov, Boris Y ^b   Sawyer, Nicolas B E ^c   Morgan, Stephen P ^c   Somekh, Michael G ^c   See, Chung W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ferro Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Particle sizing; Phase sensitive transmission microscopy; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECKLE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038411359     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200390007     Document Type: Article

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