Epi-fluorescence microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 931, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-59

  Webb, Donna J ^a   Brown, Claire M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D rendering; CCD camera; Deconvolution; Dichroic mirrors; Epi fluorescence; Filters; Fluorescent protein; Fluorophore; Image collection; Light sources; Objective lenses

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LABORATORY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 84934436605     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-56-4_2     Document Type: Article

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