Optical phase contrast microscope imaging: A FDTD modeling approach

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6791, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tanev, Stoyan ^a   Pond, James ^b   Paddon, Paul ^b   Tuchin, Valery V ^c,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lumerical Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^c SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRECISION MECHANICS AND CONTROL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological cell; Finite difference time domain method; Optical clearing effect; Optical phase contrast microscope

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL CELL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHES; FDTD MODELING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; OPTICAL CLEARING EFFECT; OPTICAL IMMERSIONS; OPTICAL PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 44949243485     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.803973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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