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Introduction to CMOS Image Sensors
CMOS image sensors are designed with the ability to integrate a number of processing and control functions, which lie beyond the primary task of photon collection, directly onto the sensor integrated circuit.
2018-04-26 Pooher Inc. 426
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Basic Concepts in Digital Image Processing
Digital image processing enables virtually noise-free modification of an image in the form of a matrix of integers instead of the classical darkroom manipulations necessary for analog images and video signals.
2018-04-26 Pooher Inc. 831
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Anatomy of the Fluorescence Microscope
Fluorescence microscopes have evolved with speed over the past decade, coupled to equally rapid advances in laser technology, solid-state detectors, interference thin film fabrication, and computer-based image analysis.
2018-04-25 Pooher Inc. 560
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Light Sources
Inordertogenerateenoughexcitationlightintensitytofurnishsecondaryfluorescenceemissioncapableofdetection,powerfullightsourcesareneededsuchasmercuryorxenonarc(burner)lamps.
2018-04-25 Pooher Inc. 228
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Basic Concepts in Fluorescence
When coupled to the optical microscope, fluorescence enables investigators to study a phenomena in cellular biology. Foremost is the analysis of intracellular distribution of specific macromolecules in sub-cellular assemblies.
2018-04-25 Pooher Inc. 226
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Brief Overview of Fluorescence Filters
A wide spectrum of filter cubes is available from most major manufacturers, which now produce filter sets capable of imaging most of the common chromophores in use today.
2018-04-25 Pooher Inc. 460
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Hoffman Modulation Contrast Basics
The featured section serves as an introduction to the basic concepts in modulation contrast microscopy with numerous illustrations and examples of how the technique is implemented.
2018-04-19 Pooher Inc. 186
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Fluorescence and DIC Combination Microscopy
Fluorescence microscopy can be combined with contrast enhancing techniques, such as differential interference contrast (DIC) and phase contrast illumination, to minimize the effects of photobleaching.
2018-04-18 Pooher Inc. 187
