Confocal microscopy

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-23

  Amos, B ^a   McConnell, G ^b   Wilson, T ^c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; Enhanced discrimination of depth; Optical section thickness; Pinhole; Resolution; Spinning disk; Stationary beam

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155161091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00203-4     Document Type: Chapter

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