Axial gain resolution in optical sectioning fluorescence microscopy by shaded-ring filters

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1740-1745

  Martinez Corral M ^a   Ibanez Lopez C ^a   Saavedra, G ^a   Caballero, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHTING; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AXIAL GAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TECHNIQUES;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 2442588036     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001740     Document Type: Article

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