Confocal Microscopy for Biologists

There has been a great upsurge in interest in light microscopy in recent years due to the advent of a number of significant advances in microscopy, one of the most important of which is confocal microscopy. Confocal microscopy has now become an important research tool, with a large number of new flu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hibbs, Alan R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Visitech Confocal Microscopes
  • 1. What Is Confocal Microscopy?
  • 2. Understanding Microscopy
  • 3. Confocal Microscopy Hardware
  • 4. Image Collection
  • 5. Digital Images In Microscopy
  • 6. Imaging Software
  • 7. Presentation And Publication
  • 8. What Is Fluorescence?
  • 9. Fluorescent Probes
  • 10. Confocal Microscopy Techniques
  • 11. Fluorescence Immunolabelling..
  • 12. Imaging Live Cells
  • 13. The Internet
  • 14. Technical Supplies
  • 15. Further Reading
  • Appendix 1: Confocal Microscopes
  • Laser Spot Scanning Confocal Microscopes
  • Nipkow Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopes
  • Nipkow Disk / Micro-lens Array Confocal Microscopes
  • A. Bio-Rad Cell Science Division
  • Bio-Rad Instruments
  • Radiance Series of Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Radiance Confocal Microscopes
  • Radiance Scan Head
  • Radiance Instrument Control Unit (ICU)
  • Changing Optical Filters and Dichroic mirrors
  • Radiance 2100 Rainbow
  • Sels (Signal Enhancing Lens)
  • Photon Counting
  • Computer and Software
  • Mrc Series of Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Mrc-1024 Confocal Microscope
  • Mrc-1024 Scan Head
  • Scan Head Alignment
  • Optical Filter Blocks
  • Emission Filter Wheels
  • Photomultiplier Tubes (PMT)
  • Controller Box
  • Computer Requirements
  • Hardware set up for specific imaging methods
  • Dual and Triple labelling — T 1 and T2a Filter Blocks
  • Live Cell Work — B1 and Open Block Filter Blocks
  • Back Scatter Imaging — B1 and T 1 Filter Blocks
  • Trouble Shooting (Mrc And Radiance)
  • Bio-Rad Lasersharp Software
  • Image Collection Panel
  • Main Control Panel
  • Optics Control Panel
  • Mixer Control Panel
  • Carl Zeiss Microscopy
  • Zeiss Confocal Microscopes
  • Zeiss Lsm 510 Meta Confocal Microscope
  • Components of the Zeiss 510 Meta
  • Zeiss Lsm 510 Meta Scan Head
  • Lasers
  • Single Track and Multi Track Image Collection.-Conventional Detection Channels
  • Meta Channel
  • Transmission Imaging
  • Zeiss Confocal Microscope Control Software
  • Nikon Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Nikon C 1 Confocal Microscope
  • Nikon C1 Scan Head
  • Optics/Detector Unit
  • Laser Launch Unit
  • Nikon C1 User Interface
  • Olympus Corporation
  • Olympus Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Olympus Fluoview 1000
  • Fluoview 1000 Confocal Microscope
  • Sim (Simultaneous) Scanner
  • Fluoview 500 Confocal Microscope
  • Fluoview 500 Scan Head
  • Components of the Olympus Fluoview 300 and 500
  • Fluoview 300 Confocal Microscope
  • Fluoview 300 Scan Head
  • Fluoview Software
  • Image Collection Panel
  • Main Control Panel
  • Instrument settings Tabs
  • Atto Bioscience
  • Atto Bioscience Confocal Microscopes
  • Carv Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Carv ContocalMicroscope
  • Carv Scan Head
  • Yokogawa Electric Corporation
  • CSU10 Scan Head
  • CSU21 Scan Head
  • Perkinelmer Life Sciences
  • Perkinelmer Confocal Microscopes
  • Ultra View Lc1 layout
  • Components of the PerkinElmer Ultra View
  • Visitech International
  • Main Control Panel
  • Setting un the Microscope and Imaging Channels
  • vSetting the Scan Control Parameters
  • Adjusting Imagine Channel Settings
  • Image Collection Panel
  • Using the Meta Channel
  • Meta Channel as a multi-Band Pass Optical Filter
  • Meta Channel — Lambda Mode (Spectral Imaging)
  • Extracting Image Channels from a Spectral Stack
  • Emission Fingerprinting
  • On-Line Emission Fingerprinting
  • Leica Microsystems
  • Leica Confocal Microscopes
  • Components of the Leica Spectral Imaging Instrument
  • Leica Tcs Sp2 Confocal Microscope
  • Leica “Ics Sp2 Scan Head
  • Acoustic Optical Beam Splitter (AOBS)
  • Spectral Separation
  • Uv Excitation
  • Multi-Photon Excitation
  • Transmission (DIC) Imaging
  • Leica Confocal Microscope Control Software
  • Main Control Panel — Monitor 1
  • Changing the Desktop Knob Functions.
  • “Beam Path Setting” Control Panel
  • Control “Buttons” for Image Collection
  • Image Collection Panel — Monitor 2
  • Nikon Instruments