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Investigative Techniques > Microscopy > Microscopy, Interference > Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
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Investigative Techniques > Interferometry > Microscopy, Interference > Microscopy, Phase-Contrast

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Microscopy, Phase-Contrast  

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  • Microscopies, Phase-Contrast
  • Phase-Contrast Microscopies
  • Phase Contrast Microscopy
  • Phase-Contrast Microscopy

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  • NIM

Scope note

  • A form of interference microscopy in which variations of the refracting index in the object are converted into variations of intensity in the image. This is achieved by the action of a phase plate.

History note

  • 91; was MICROSCOPY, PHASE CONTRAST 1963-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008858

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