A multispectral optical illumination system with precise spatiotemporal control for the manipulation of optogenetic reagents

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-220

  Stirman, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Crane, Matthew M ^b   Husson, Steven J ^c   Gottschalk, Alexander ^c   Lu, Hang ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTOGENETIC REAGENT; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84855854119     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.433     Document Type: Article

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