Three-dimensional in vivo imaging by a handheld dual-axes confocal microscope

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7224-7232

  Ra, Hyejun ^a   Piyawattanametha, Wibool ^a,b,c   Mandella, Michael J ^a   Hsiung, Pei Lin ^c   Hardy, Jonathan ^c   Wang, Thomas D ^d   Contag, Christopher H ^c   Kino, Gordon S ^a   Solgaard, Olav ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; MEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ANIMAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MICE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OPTICS; PHOTON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICS; PHOTONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 43849100908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007224     Document Type: Article

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