A simple method allowing DIC imaging in conjunction with confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-274

  Cody, Stephen H ^a   Xiang, S D ^b   Layton, M J ^a   Handman, E ^c   Lam, M H C ^c   Layton, J E ^a   Nice, E C ^a   Heath, J K ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Box Hill North   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

CLSM; Darkfield; DIC; Leishmania; Nomarski; Phase contrast; QPM; Quantitative phase amplitude; TLD; Transmitted light detector; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE COMPARATORS;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; DARK-FIELD; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; LEISHMANIA; NOMARSKI; PHASE-CONTRAST; QPM; QUANTITATIVE PHASE-AMPLITUDE; TRANSMITTED LIGHT; TRANSMITTED LIGHT DETECTOR; ZEBRAFISH;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE QUALITY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 14744289816     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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