Quality assurance testing for modern optical imaging systems

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 598-606

  Stack, Robert F ^a   Bayles, Carol J ^b   Girard, Anne Marie ^c   Martin, Karen ^d   Opansky, Cynthia ^e   Schulz, Katherine ^e   Cole, Richard W ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

co registration; confocal; field illumination; performance testing; stability; wide field

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054898865     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927611000237     Document Type: Article

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