Handbook of Image and Video Processing, 2nd Edition

10.9

Confocal Microscopy

Fatima A. Merchant,     Advanced Digital Imaging Research

Keith A. Bartels,     Southwest Research Institute

Alan C. Bovik and Kenneth R. Diller,     The University of Texas at Austin

1 Introduction

2 Image Formation in Confocal Microscopy

2.1 Lateral Resolution

2.2 Depth Resolution and Optical Sectioning

3 Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

4 Further Considerations

5 Types of Confocal Microscopes

5.1 Scanning Confocal Microscope

5.2 The Tandem Scanning Optical Microscope

6 Limitations of Confocal Microscopy

6.1 Two-Photon Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy

7 Biologic Applications of Confocal Microscopy

7.1 Quantitative Analysis of 3D Confocal Microscope Images

7.2 Cells and Tissues

7.3 Microvascular Networks ...