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laser scanning confocal microscope

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A confocal microscope that obtains high-resolution optical images with depth selectivity, in which a laser beam passes through a light source aperture and then is focused by an objective lens into a small (ideally diffraction limited) focal volume within or on the surface of a specimen.

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laser scanning confocal microscope

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confocal_laser_scanning_microscopy

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laser scanning confocal microscope

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

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PERSON: Erik Segerdell

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