A fast autofocus unit for fluorescence microscopy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1981-1992

  Bocker W ^a   Rolf, W ^a   Muller W U ^a   Streffer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0039417587     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/10/012     Document Type: Article

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