Real-time brightfield, darkfield, and phase contrast imaging in a light-emitting diode array microscope

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Ziji ^a,b   Tian, Lei ^b   Liu, Sijia ^b   Waller, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brightfield; darkfield; light emitting diode array; microscopy; phase contrast; real time

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DIODES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BRIGHTFIELD; COMPUTATIONAL ILLUMINATIONS; DARK-FIELD; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; LIGHTEMITTING DIODE(LED) ARRAY; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; REAL TIME;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84911488977     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.10.106002     Document Type: Review

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