Wavelength division scanning for two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Shi, K ^a   Yin, S ^a   Liu, Z ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Two photon fluorescence microscopy; Wavelength division

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAMS;

AXIAL SCANNING; FEMTOSECOND LASER BEAMS; FRESNEL LENS; SPATIAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL PROPERTY; TWO PHOTON IMAGING; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TWO PHOTON EXCITATION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33747092262     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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