Improvements in confocal microscopy imaging using serrated divided apertures

Optics Communications

Volumn 282, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3846-3849

  Gong, Wei ^a   Si, Ke ^b   Sheppard, Colin J R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angular gating; Confocal microscopy; Serrated divided apertures; Signal to background ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GATING; BRIGHT SPOTS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGING; DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; FOCAL PLANE; OPTICAL SECTIONING STRENGTH; OUT-OF-FOCUS; SCATTERED LIGHT; SERRATED APERTURE; SERRATED DIVIDED APERTURES; SIGNAL TO BACKGROUND RATIO;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 68549125206     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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