Quality assessment of confocal microscopy slide based systems: Performance

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 659-676

  Zucker, Robert M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial resolution; Coefficient of variation; Confocal microscope; Field illumination; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOMETRY; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIDE BASED CYTOMETRY; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33745939168     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20314     Document Type: Article

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