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Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging
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Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging

by Joel A Kubby
April 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
388 pages
16h 6m
English
CRC Press
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61Aberrations and the Benet of Their Correction in Confocal Microscopy
4.9 Results for Aberration Measurements
at Low Numerical Aperture
e numerical aperture (NA) of a lens species the angle of the cone of rays accepted by the lens. In
general, optical systems with larger NA feature higher resolution and better light-collection eciency.
Hence they are desirable in confocal microscopy. However, systems of high NA are more susceptible to
aberrations, as we will see. Results for the case of low NA are discussed in this section whereas those of high
NA systems are discussed in Section 4.11. A comparison between the two cases is given in Sect ...
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