A procedure to determine the correct thickness of an object with confocal microscopy in case of refractive index mismatch

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-78

  Kuypers, Liesbeth C ^a   Decraemer, W F ^a   Dirckx, J J J ^a   Timmermans, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axial scaling; Confocal; Focal shift; Intensity drop; n mismatch; Point spread function; Polymer film; Quantitative microscopy; Thickness

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

AXIAL SCALING; CONFOCAL; FOCAL SHIFTS; IMMERSION MEDIUM; INTENSITY DROP; N-MISMATCH; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY; SCALINGS; THICKNESS;

POLYMER FILMS;

POLYMER; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FILM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORY; THICKNESS;

EID: 17144402183     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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