Improved correction of axial geometrical distortion in index-mismatched fluorescent confocal microscopic images using high-aperture objective lenses

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-54

  Van Elburg, H J ^a   Kuypers, L C ^a   Decraemer, W F ^a   Dirckx, J J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axial scaling; Confocal; Focal shift; n mismatch; Point spread function; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOUNTINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AXIAL SCALING; CONFOCAL; FOCAL SHIFTS; GEOMETRICAL DISTORTION; HIGH-APERTURE; N-MISMATCH; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY; SCALING FACTORS; SCALINGS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848906042     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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