The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy
Optical methods of super-resolution microscopy, such as confocal microscopy, structured illumination, nonlinear microscopy, and image scanning microscopy are reviewed. These methods avoid strong invasive interaction with a sample, allowing the observation of delicate biological samples. The meaning...
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description | Optical methods of super-resolution microscopy, such as confocal microscopy, structured illumination, nonlinear microscopy, and image scanning microscopy are reviewed. These methods avoid strong invasive interaction with a sample, allowing the observation of delicate biological samples. The meaning of resolution and the basic principles and different approaches to superresolution are discussed. |
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spelling | doaj.art-102c3cffccff4a4c976de2e70347ac312023-11-22T15:45:58ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-09-011119898110.3390/app11198981The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning MicroscopyColin J. R. Sheppard0Nanophysics Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen, 83 Edificio B, 16152 Genova, ItalyOptical methods of super-resolution microscopy, such as confocal microscopy, structured illumination, nonlinear microscopy, and image scanning microscopy are reviewed. These methods avoid strong invasive interaction with a sample, allowing the observation of delicate biological samples. The meaning of resolution and the basic principles and different approaches to superresolution are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/8981super-resolutionconfocal microscopyimage scanning microscopynonlinear microscopydeconvolution |
spellingShingle | Colin J. R. Sheppard The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy Applied Sciences super-resolution confocal microscopy image scanning microscopy nonlinear microscopy deconvolution |
title | The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy |
title_full | The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy |
title_fullStr | The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy |
title_full_unstemmed | The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy |
title_short | The Development of Microscopy for Super-Resolution: Confocal Microscopy, and Image Scanning Microscopy |
title_sort | development of microscopy for super resolution confocal microscopy and image scanning microscopy |
topic | super-resolution confocal microscopy image scanning microscopy nonlinear microscopy deconvolution |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/8981 |
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