Optimization of pupil design for point-scanning and line-scanning confocal microscopy

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2231-2242

  Patel, Yogesh G ^a   Rajadhyaksha, Milind ^b   Dimarzio, Charles A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; HUMAN TISSUES; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LINESCANNING; ON-AXIS IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL SECTIONING; SKIN CANCERS;

SCANNING;

EID: 84860749765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.002231     Document Type: Article

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