Techniques in light microscopy / Steven E. Ruzin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruzin, Steven E., 1951- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microscopy--Technique.

Microscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This volume describes in a simple and readable format the way microscopes magnify images, and all of the techniques that are available today. It covers all the existing epifluorescence techniques including super-resolution and provides historical context on inventions pertaining to the development of the light microscope.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Part I

1 Light Microscope Optics

2 Lens Aberrations

3 The Compound Microscope

Part II

4 Transmitted Light Techniques: Brightfield and Darkfield

5 Polarized Light Microscopy

6 Phase Contrast Microscopy

7 Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy, Modulation Contrast Microscopy

Part III

8 Epifluorescence Microscopy

9 Selective/Single Plane Illumination Microscopy

10 Confocal Microscopy

11 Two-Photon Microscopy

12 Restoration Microscopy

13 Super-Resolution Microscopy

14 Resolution

15 A Brief History of the Light Microscope

Appendix I Digital Imaging and Sampling

Appendix II Synopsis of Transmitted Light Microscopy Techniques

Appendix III Synopsis of Epifluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Epilogue

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 20, 2024).

ISBN:

1-5231-6419-0

0-19-199413-8

0-19-888584-9

OCLC:

1452741248