Spectral background and transmission characteristics of fiber optic imaging bundles

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4560-4568

  Udovich, Joshua Anthony ^a   Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel D ^b   Kano, Angelique ^a   Tanbakuchi, Anthony ^a   Utzinger, Urs ^a,b   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ANGLE OF ILLUMINATION; FIBER-OPTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 53749103142     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004560     Document Type: Article

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