Improving the penetration depth in multiphoton excitation laser scanning microscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  McConnell, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fiber; Laser; Microscopy; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER OPTICS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845367391     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2360593     Document Type: Article

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