Increasing the lateral resolution of 4Pi fluorescence microscopes

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1089-1095

  Sandeau, Nicolas ^a   Giovannini, Hugues ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPES;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY FUNCTION (CEF); ILLUMINATION BEAMS; LATERAL RESOLUTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745274190     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001089     Document Type: Article

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