Dear ,

Please take into consideration the very good summary of Ernst Stelzer in
Contrast, resolution, pixelation, dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio:
fundamental limit to resolution in fluorescence light microscopy.
J. Microscopy 189 p15-24 (1998)


On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Bill Mason wrote:

> The best thing you can do is consult the excellent Handbook of Confocal
> Microscopy (Second Edition) edited by James Pawley and published by Plenum
> Press. It covers the issues you raise very thoroughly.
>
> BILL MASON
>
> At 11:34 17/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I'm currently in the middle of writing an essay on confocal
> >microscopy. One of the scetion which I have to include is a section
> >on factors which affect resolution of the images.
> >
> >Please could someone give me a list of the factors with detail about
> >how the factor affect the image resolution.
> >
> >any help appreciated.
> >
> >thanks
> >prady
> >+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
> >  Pradyuman Gadaria
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> >Dear Prady, here is a list of some suitable reference books for you. The
> first
> >two in particular will help.
> >
> >Best regards
> >
> >Anna Smallcombe PhD Senior Applications Specialist, Bio-Rad Microscopy
> Division.
> >
> >     **Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy (2nd Edition) ed James B
> >     Pawley. Plenum Press 1995 ISBN 0-306-44826-2
> >
> >     **Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy by Colin Sheppard and David
> >     Shotton. bIOS Scientific Publishers 1997. RMS Microscopy Handbook No
> >     38. ISBN 1872748724
> >
> >     Cell Biological Applications of Confocal microscopy ed Brian Matsumoto
> >     Academic Press 1993 (Methods in Cell Biology vol 38) ISBN
> >     0-12-480430-6
> >
> >     Fluorescence Microscopy and Fluorescent Probes ed Jan Slavik. Plenum
> >     Press 1996. ISBN 0-306-45392-4
> >
> >     Multidimensional Microscopy ed PC Cheng, TH Lin, WL Wu, JL Wu.
> >     Springer-Verlag 1994. ISBN 0-387-94118-5
> >
> >     Antibodies in Cell Biology ed David J Asai. Academic Press 1993.
> >     Methods in Cell Biology Vol 37. ISBN 0-12-064520-3
> >
> >     Fluorescence Microscopy of Living Cells in culture. Part A. ed Yu-Li
> >     Wang & D Lansing-Taylor.Methods in Cell Biol Vol 29. ISBN
> >     0-12-684-754-1 Part B. Methods in Cell Biology Vol 30. ISBN
> >     0-12-684-755-X Academic Press 1989
> >
> >     Fluorescent and Luminescent probes for Biological  activity. A
> >     practical guide to technology for quantitative real-time analysis. ed
> >     WT Mason. Academic Press 1993. ISBN 0-12-477830-5
> >
>

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