Efficient fluorescence inhibition patterns for RESOLFT microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3361-3371

  Keller, Jan ^a   Schönle, Andreas ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VECTORIAL ANALYSIS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 33947494936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003361     Document Type: Article

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