Basic confocal microscopy

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 81, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Carolyn L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Imaging; Resolution; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; ACOUSTO OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER; BLEACHING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE LOSS IN PHOTOBLEACH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENERAL DEVICE; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NOISE REDUCTION; PARAMETERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; PINHOLE SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLE FIXATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; Z AXIS SECTIONING INTERVAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

ACETONE; METHANOL;

EID: 40349098683     PISSN: 19343639     EISSN: 19343647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1411s81     Document Type: Article

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