A stochastic analysis of performance limits for optical microscopes

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-57

  Ram, Sripad ^a,b,c,d,e   Ward, E Sally ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

^d SPIE ^*  (United States)

^e Biophysical Society   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cramer Rao lower bound; Fisher information matrix; Fluorescence microscopy; Localization accuracy; Optical imaging; Parameter estimation; Single Molecule Microscopy; Spatio temporal stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SINGLE MOLECULE MICROSCOPY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33244497121     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11045-005-6237-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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