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Investigative Techniques > Microscopy > Microscopy, Confocal
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Microscopy > Microscopy, Confocal
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Engineering > Optics and Photonics > Microscopy > Microscopy, Confocal
Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Optics and Photonics > Microscopy > Microscopy, Confocal

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Microscopy, Confocal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Confocal Microscopies
  • Confocal Microscopy
  • Microscopies, Confocal

Note

  • NIM

Scope note

  • A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • konfokaalimikroskopia

    Finnish

  • konfokaalimikroskooppi
  • konfokaalinen mikroskopia
  • yhteispolttovälimikroskooppi
  • yhteispolttovälimikroskopia
  • Konfokalmikroskopi

    Swedish

  • Lasermikroskopi
  • Laserskanningmikroskopi

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018613

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