Advances in laser sources for confocal and multiphoton microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Girkin, J M ^a   McConnell, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Lasers; Multiphoton microscopy

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION; ILLUMINATION SOURCES; LASER SOURCES; LOW-COSTS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SECTIONING; PERFORMANCE; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEMPORALLY RESOLVED;

ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; CHROMIUM; LITHIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; DIODE LASER; FLUORESCENCE; HELIUM NEON LASER; LASER; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 22544472678     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20179     Document Type: Article

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