Confocal microscopy

Handbook of Biomedical Optics

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 517-541

  Warger, William C ^a   DiMarzio, Charles A ^b   Rajadhyaksha, Milind ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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