Camera-based three-dimensional real-time particle tracking at kHz rates and Ångström accuracy

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huhle, Alexander ^a   Klaue, Daniel ^a   Brutzer, Hergen ^a   Daldrop, Peter ^b   Joo, Sihwa ^a   Otto, Oliver ^a,c   Keyser, Ulrich F ^c   Seidel, Ralf ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; REAL TIME; RESOLUTION;

IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLICATION;

EID: 84924616042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6885     Document Type: Article

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