Three-dimensional imaging in confocal systems
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Microscopy
- Vol. 153 (2) , 161-169
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1989.tb00556.x
Abstract
We discuss the origin of the three-dimensional imaging characteristics of confocal optical systems. Several methods of information display are considered. The important practical question concerning the correct choice of limiting detector aperture is also considered.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Three-dimensional imaging in fluorescence by confocal scanning microscopyJournal of Microscopy, 1989
- Three‐dimensional imaging in confocal imaging systems with finite sized detectorsJournal of Microscopy, 1988
- Size of the detector in confocal imaging systemsOptics Letters, 1987
- Development of a real-time scanning laser microscope for biological useApplied Optics, 1986
- Information capacity and resolution in an optical systemJournal of the Optical Society of America A, 1986
- Dynamic focusing in the confocal scanning microscopeJournal of Microscopy, 1982
- Three-dimensional surface measurement using the confocal scanning microscopeApplied Physics B Laser and Optics, 1982
- Experimental observations of the depth-discrimination properties of scanning microscopesOptics Letters, 1981
- Effects of high angles of convergence on V(z) in the scanning acoustic microscope.Applied Physics Letters, 1981
- New Reflected-Light Microscope for Viewing Unstained Brain and Ganglion CellsScience, 1967