Signal-to-noise ratio in confocal microscopes

Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 442-452

  Sheppard, Colin J R ^a   Gan, Xiaosong ^b   Gu, Min ^b   Roy, Maitreyee ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84900045952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-45524-2_22     Document Type: Chapter

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