Defocusing microscopy: An approach for red blood cell optics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Mesquita, Leonardo G ^a   Agero, Ubirajara ^a   Mesquita, Oscar N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSPARENCY; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD CELLS (RBC); CYTOPLASM; DEFOCUSING MICROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33645514807     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2189010     Document Type: Article

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