Measuring and interpreting point spread functions to determine confocal microscope resolution and ensure quality control

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1929-1941

  Cole, Richard W ^a   Jinadasa, Tushare ^b   Brown, Claire M ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MICROSCOPE; OPTICS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; QUALITY CONTROL; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 80955152014     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.407     Document Type: Article

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