How accurately can a single molecule be localized in three dimensions using a fluorescence microscope?

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5699, Issue , 2005, Pages 426-435

  Ram, Sripad ^a,b   Ward, E Sally ^a   Ober, Raimund J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

3D single molecule tracking; Fisher information matrix; Parameter estimation theory; Point spread function; Single molecule microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

3D SINGLE MOLECULE TRACKING; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; LOCALIZATION; SINGLE MOLECULE MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 21844451877     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.587878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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