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Hi All,

I think that it is also appropriate to include some of the side-band
enhancement stuff that Bob Allen did, leading to a major expansion of our
understanding of microtubules, and Shinya Inoue's work with polarization. --


   - Allen, R. D., Allen, N. S. & Travis, J. L. Video-enhanced contrast,
   differential interference contrast (AVEC–DIC) microscopy: a new method
   capable of analyzing microtubule-related motility in the reticulopodial
   network of *Allogromia laticollaris*. Cell Motil. 1, 291–302 (1981) |
   Article <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.970010303> |
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   - Inoué, S. Video image processing greatly enhances contrast, quality,
   and speed in polarization-based microscopy. J. Cell Biol. 89, 346–356 (
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Joel


On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Peng Xi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Dear Mark,
>     I am not sure what you mean by "well before". Super-resolution is a
> term that usually refers to techniques that provides theoretically
> 'infinitely small' resolution, or down to single molecule size. That's why
> although confocal is already better (1.4x better) in resolution, it is
> generally not treated as super-resolution. And so to multiphoton
> microscopy.
>    If you have a better candidate on inventing super-resolution, please let
> me and everybody know. I am sure that people are keen to know this.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Peng Xi
> Ph. D.    Associate Professor
> Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
> Peking University, Beijing, China
> Tel: +86 10-6276 7155
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Mark Cannell
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > *****
> > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> >
> > Hmm, A very myopic blog on a subject with a rich past.  It was
> appreciated
> > that the Abbe 'limit' was not a limit well before Stephan Hell's work.
> > Suggest you might like to research the subject matter a bit deeper?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > PS I hope others don't start advertising their  'blogs' on this list, we
> > ban commercial 'blogs', perhaps this should be extend?
> >
> >
> > On 23/08/2012, at 1:32 AM, Peng Xi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > *****
> > > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> > > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
> > > *****
> > >
> > > Dear List,
> > >     I am blogging on optical nanoscopy, in a very casual mode.
> > >
> >
> http://xipeng.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/how-optical-super-resolution-is-achieved-1/
> > >     It is originally written in Chinese, after I gave a related plenary
> > > talk in May 2012. Last talk, in the noon time. And the audiences were
> > from
> > > all sorts of disciplines, from fresh graduate students to renowned
> > > professors. Therefore, I decided to make the talk interesting, and easy
> > to
> > > follow by everyone. It turns out to be very successful -- much better
> > than
> > > equations and diagrams. So, I decide to broadcast it by blogging. :)
> > >     Hope you like it.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Peng Xi
> > > Ph. D.    Associate Professor
> > > Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
> > > Peking University, Beijing, China
> > > Tel: +86 10-6276 7155
> > > Email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Mark  B. Cannell Ph.D. FRSNZ
> > Professor of Cardiac Cell Biology
> > School of Physiology&  Pharmacology
> > Medical Sciences Building
> > University of Bristol
> > Bristol
> > BS8 1TD UK
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>



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