Precisely and accurately localizing single emitters in fluorescence microscopy

Nature Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-266

  Deschout, Hendrik ^a   Zanacchi, Francesca Cella ^b,c   Mlodzianoski, Michael ^d   Diaspro, Alberto ^b,c   Bewersdorf, Joerg ^e,f   Hess, Samuel T ^d   Braeckmans, Kevin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Department of Physics University of Genoa ^*  (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ANISOTROPY; CHROMATOPHORE; DIPOLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84895541628     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2843     Document Type: Review

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