Focus variation due to near infrared laser in a confocal microscope
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DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24198
Abstract: Focus precision and stability is crucial in confocal microscopy not only for image sharpness but also to avoid radiometric fluctuations that can wrongly be interpreted as variations of the fluorescence intensity in the sample. Here… read more here.
Keywords: focus variation; confocal microscope; microscopy; focus ... See more keywords
Optical anisotropy measurement of polymeric nanoparticle with polarization interferometric confocal microscope
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DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2017.1358037
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study proposes a polarization Interferometric nonlinear confocal microscope to analyze a single nanoparticle for drug delivery system (DDS). The system includes the Michelson-type interferometer in a nonlinear confocal laser microscope. The microscope has… read more here.
Keywords: polymeric nanoparticle; polarization interferometric; confocal microscope; microscope ... See more keywords
Calibration of a Chromatic Confocal Microscope for Measuring a Colored Specimen
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DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2018.2875562
Abstract: In this paper, a color correction method is proposed to improve measurement accuracy for chromatic confocal microscopy (CCM) when measuring a colored specimen. Characteristic curve shifting due to selective reflection from color surfaces was analyzed… read more here.
Keywords: color; color correction; colored specimen; measuring colored ... See more keywords
Configurations of the Re‐scan Confocal Microscope (RCM) for biomedical applications
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DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12526
Abstract: The new high‐sensitive and high‐resolution technique, Re‐scan Confocal Microscopy (RCM), is based on a standard confocal microscope extended with a re‐scan detection unit. The re‐scan unit includes a pair of re‐scanning mirrors that project the… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; confocal microscopy; configurations scan; scan confocal ... See more keywords
Label-free in vivo pathology of human epithelia with a high-speed handheld dual-axis confocal microscope
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DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.24.3.030501
Abstract: Abstract. There would be clinical value in a miniature optical-sectioning microscope to enable in vivo interrogation of tissues as a real-time and noninvasive alternative to gold-standard histopathology for early disease detection and surgical guidance. To… read more here.
Keywords: label free; axis confocal; dual axis; pathology ... See more keywords
A low-cost confocal microscope for the undergraduate lab
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DOI: 10.1119/5.0128277
Abstract: We demonstrate a simple and cost-efficient scanning confocal microscope setup for use in advanced instructional physics laboratories. The setup is constructed from readily available commercial products, and the implementation of a 3D-printed flexure stage allows… read more here.
Keywords: confocal microscope; physics; low cost; microscope ... See more keywords
Speckle-free, near-infrared portable confocal microscope.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.392004
Abstract: We have developed a portable confocal microscope (PCM) that uses an inexpensive near-infrared LED as the light source. Use of the spatially incoherent light source significantly reduced the speckle contrast. The PCM device was manufactured… read more here.
Keywords: portable confocal; free near; near infrared; speckle free ... See more keywords
Enhancement of axial resolution and image contrast of a confocal microscope by a microsphere working in noncontact mode.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.425028
Abstract: A new technique, to the best of our knowledge, for improving the axial resolution and imaging contrast of a reflection mode confocal microscope is proposed. A 50 µm silica microsphere is added in front of… read more here.
Keywords: contrast; axial resolution; noncontact mode; confocal microscope ... See more keywords
Smartphone confocal microscopy for imaging cellular structures in human skin in vivo.
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DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.001906
Abstract: We report development of a low-cost smartphone confocal microscope and its first demonstration of in vivo human skin imaging. The smartphone confocal microscope uses a slit aperture and diffraction grating to conduct two-dimensional confocal imaging… read more here.
Keywords: vivo; microscopy; human skin; cellular structures ... See more keywords
MicroLED chromatic confocal microscope.
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DOI: 10.1364/ol.427477
Abstract: In this Letter, a microLED-based chromatic confocal microscope with a virtual confocal slit is proposed and demonstrated for three-dimensional (3D) profiling without any mechanical scanning or external light source. In the proposed method, a micro-scale… read more here.
Keywords: microled chromatic; microscopy; chromatic confocal; confocal microscope ... See more keywords