Optical sectioning by two-pinhole confocal fluorescence microscopy

Micron

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 313-318

  Martinez Corral M ^a   Caballero, M T ^b   Ibanez Lopez C ^a   Sarafis, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Point spread function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141569587     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(03)00057-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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