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Anatomy of Microscopes

General anatomy

  • Anatomy of the Fluorescence Microscope
  • Anatomy of a Microscope
  • Detectors for Sensitive Detection: HyD

Sources of light for optical microscopy

  • Sources of Visible Light

Microscope objectives

  • Microscope Objectives Introduction
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  • The Concept of Magnification
  • Numerical Aperture and Resolution
  • Optical Aberrations
  • Choosing Objective lenses: The Importance of Numerical Aperture and Magnification, Piston DW, 1998 [PDF]

Light filters

  • Practical Aspects of Fluorescence Filter Combinations

Electronic imaging detectors

  • Digital Imaging in Optical Microscopy
  • Introduction to CMOS Image Sensors
  • Sensors for True Confocal Scanning
  • http://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/step-by-step-guide-to-hybrid-detection-and-photon-counting/

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