Combined intracellular three-dimensional imaging and selective nanosurgery by a nonlinear microscope

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Sacconi, Leonardo ^a   Tolić Nørrelykke, Iva M ^b,c   Antolini, Renzo ^a   Pavone, Francesco S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Laser nanosurgery; Microtubules; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); LASER NANOSURGERY; MICROTUBULES; TWO PHOTON EXCITATION;

CELLS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LASER; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; INSTRUMENTATION;

CELL SURVIVAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFRARED RAYS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LASERS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 17644375378     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1854675     Document Type: Article

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