Nanoscale imaging by superresolution fluorescence microscopy and its emerging applications in biomedical research

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 281-308

  Bertocchi, Cristina ^a   Goh, Wah Ing ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Kanchanawong, Pakorn ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Nanoscale imaging; Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins; Photoswitchable fluorophores; Single molecule localization microscopy; Stimulated emission depletion microscopy; Structured illumination microscopy; Superresolution microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84904394472     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2014010448     Document Type: Article

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