confocal microscopy

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf microscopy technique
gptkbp:commercializedIn 1980s
gptkbp:enables 3D imaging
optical sectioning
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label confocal microscopy
gptkbp:improves image resolution
gptkbp:introducedIn 1957
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Marvin_Minsky
gptkbp:limitation phototoxicity
photobleaching
limited penetration depth
gptkbp:reduces out-of-focus light
gptkbp:relatedTo fluorescence microscopy
multiphoton microscopy
gptkbp:requires detector
laser light source
scanning system
gptkbp:signature live cells
fixed tissue
materials samples
gptkbp:usedFor biological research
material science
optical imaging
gptkbp:uses pinhole aperture
point illumination
gptkbp:variant optical microscopy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:STED_microscopy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5