Title :
Lateral resolution enhancement in confocal microscopy with a higher SNR
Author :
Cuifang Kuang ; Yifan Wang ; Zhaotai Gu ; Shuai Li ; Xu Liu
Author_Institution :
State key Lab. of modern Opt. instrumentations, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
A method based on the subtraction of images under different pinhole sizes is proposed to improve the lateral resolution in confocal microscopy. An enhanced lateral resolution and a higher SNR are shown by experimental results.
Keywords :
image enhancement; image resolution; optical microscopy; confocal microscopy; higher SNR; images subtraction; lateral resolution enhancement;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0