Extending microscopic resolution with single-molecule imaging and active control

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 321-342

  Thompson, Michael A ^a   Lew, Matthew D ^a,b   Moerner, W E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Fluorescence; Superlocalization; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE ACTIVE CONTROL MICROSCOPY; SUPERRESOLUTION IMAGING;

BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84861408242     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-050511-102250     Document Type: Review

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