The intermediate optical system of laser-scanning confocal microscopes

Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-220

  Stelzer, Ernst H K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 34548219367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-45524-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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