Imaging theory and resolution improvement of two-photon confocal microscopy

Science in China, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1468-1478

  Tang, Zhilie ^a   Yang, Chuping ^b   Pei, Hongjin ^a   Liang, Ruisheng ^a   Liu, Songhao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Resolution; Two photon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346426663     PISSN: 10069283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02880042     Document Type: Article

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