Control of out-of-focus light intensity in confocal raman microscopy using optical preprocessing

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-596

  Pelletier, Michael J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal raman microscopy; CRM; Depth resolution; Extended focal volume; Mapping enhanced by structured pupils; MESP; Out of focus contributions; Spatial resolution; Structured illumination

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; CRM; DEPTH RESOLUTION; EXTENDED FOCAL VOLUME; MESP; OUT-OF-FOCUS CONTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT; MAPPING;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 67650696941     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370209788559548     Document Type: Article

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