Two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy using photonic crystal fiber

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 922-927

  McConnell, Gail ^a   Riis, Erling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Microscopy; Multiphoton; Nonlinear; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MULTIPHOTON LASER SCANNING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; GUINEA PIG; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHOTONS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544381677     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1778734     Document Type: Article

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