Simple Experimental Methods for Determining the Apparent Focal Shift in a Microscope System.

Three-dimensional optical microscopy is often complicated by a refractive index mismatch between the sample and objective lens. This mismatch causes focal shift, a difference between sample motion and focal-plane motion, that hinders the accuracy of 3D reconstructions. We present two methods for mea...

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Main Authors: Benjamin P Bratton, Joshua W Shaevitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4536040?pdf=render