Effects of aberrations and specimen structure in conventional, confocal and two-photon fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Simmonds, R D ^a   Wilson, T ^a   Booth, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Confocal microscope; Fluorescence; Specimen structure; Two photon

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPES; PHOTONS;

% REDUCTIONS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; FINE FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; SIGNAL LEVEL; SIGNAL RESOLUTION; SPECIMEN STRUCTURES; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 83055194316     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03544.x     Document Type: Article

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