Characterization and improvement of three-dimensional imaging performance of GRIN-lens-based two-photon fluorescence endomicroscopes with adaptive optics

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27142-27154

  Wang, Chen ^a,b   Ji, Na ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION MEASUREMENT; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED RESOLUTION; GRADIENT INDEX LENS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABERRATIONS;

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LENSES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887477702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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