Evaluating performance in three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-405

  Murray, John M ^a   Appleton, Paul L ^b   Swedlow, Jason R ^b   Waters, Jennifer C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Deconvolution; Light throughput; Photobleaching; Signal to noise ration

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DECONVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIOLOGICAL FLUORESCENCE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; DECONVOLUTIONS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY IMAGES; IMAGE CONTRASTS; LIGHT THROUGHPUT; OUT-OF-FOCUS; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 36549030392     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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