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Download or read book Focus on Multidimensional Microscopy written by Ping-chin Cheng and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers various aspects of modern microscopy, with emphasis on multidimensional (three-dimensional and higher) and multimodality microscopy. The topics discussed include multiphoton fluorescent microscopy, confocal microscopy, x-ray microscopy and microtomography, electron microscopy, probe microscopy and multidimensional image processing for microscopy. In addition, there are chapters demonstrating typical microscopical applications, both biological and material.
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