num_pages: 230
description: This text guides you through the principles and practical techniques of confocal and multiphoton microscopy. It also describes the historical connections and parallel inventions that resulted in modern techniques of live cell imaging and their use in biology and medicine. You will find comparisons of different types of confocal and multiphoton microscopes, solutions to the problems one would encounter when using various microscopic techniques, tips on selecting equipment, and an extensive annotated bibliography of additional resources. Contents - List of Abbreviations - Preface - Optical Microscopy - Confocal Microscopy - Nonlinear Microscopy - The Path to Imaging Live Cells, Tissues, and Organs - Epilogue - Reference Materials and Resources - Index
language: English
title: Confocal Microscopy And Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy: The Genesis of Live Cell Imaging
titlecomplete: Confocal Microscopy And Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy: The Genesis of Live Cell Imaging (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM161)
publisher: SPIE Publications