Bioluminescence microscopy using a short focal-length imaging lens

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 191-197

  Ogoh, K ^a   Akiyoshi, R ^a   May Maw Thet, ^a,b   Sugiyama, T ^a   Dosaka, S ^a   Hatta Ohashi, Y ^a   Suzuki, H ^a  

^a OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence microscopy; Imaging lens; Short focal length

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CAMERAS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; BIOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; IMAGING CAMERA; IMAGING LENS; LIGHT IMAGING; LOW LIGHT; SHORT FOCAL LENGTHS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CAMERA; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING LENS; SHORT FOCAL-LENGTH;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84893775854     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12109     Document Type: Article

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