Membrane ripples of a living cell measured by non-interferometric widefield optical profilometry

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10665-10672

  Wang, Chun Chieh ^a   Lin, Jiunn Yuan ^a   Lee, Chau Hwang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFILOMETRY;

CYTOSKELETON; MEMBRANE RIPPLES; NON-INTERFEROMETRIC WIDEFIELD OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY (NIWOP); NUMERICAL APERTURES;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 29244491109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010665     Document Type: Article

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