Published February 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of the pinhole size on the resolution of the 4Pi' microscope studied by means of the optical transfer function

  • 1. Institut Fresnel UMR 6133 CNRS, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III 13397 Marseille cedex 20 (France)

Description

Optical transfer functions are presented for the 4Pi' microscope. The effects of the size of the confocal pinhole on the three-dimensional resolution are studied. It is shown that the resolution of the 4Pi' microscope depends weakly on the pinhole size. This result suggest that the pinhole can be removed in order to increase the signal-to-noise ratio

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.120;
arXiv
arXiv:physics/0701329v1;
PII
S0168-9002(06)01918-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
571
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 404-406
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
1. international conference on molecular imaging technology
Acronym
EuroMedIm 2006
Dates
9-12 May 2006
Place
Marseille (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38092139
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPES; MICROSCOPY; RESOLUTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; EMISSION; FUNCTIONS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTON EMISSION

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.