Measurement of specimen-induced aberrations of biological samples using phase stepping interferometry

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Schwertner, M ^a   Booth, M J ^a   Neil, M A A ^a,b   Wilson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Adaptive optics; Confocal and multiphoton microscopy; Interferometry; Thick biological specimen; Zernike mode representation of wavefront distortions

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; MICROSCOPES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEFRONTS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CONFOCAL AND MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTONS; THICK BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION; ZERNIKE MODE REPRESENTATION OF WAVEFRONT DISTORTION; ZERNIKE MODES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0742269470     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2004.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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