Peter DeVries
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Entomology, Graduate Student
Publisher Summary This chapter introduces the principle of confocal microscopy. The different types of confocal microscopes currently available and the various applications of confocal microscopy are discussed. Methods of specimen... more
Publisher Summary This chapter introduces the principle of confocal microscopy. The different types of confocal microscopes currently available and the various applications of confocal microscopy are discussed. Methods of specimen preparation for confocal microscopy are provided as guidelines and should be generally applicable to most cell types. The chapter also describes three-dimensional reconstruction, four-dimensional imaging, and the methodology for producing color prints and slides of confocal data. In conventional microscopy, much of the depth or volume of the specimen is uniformly and simultaneously illuminated in addition to the plane in which the objective lens is focused. This leads to out-of-focus blur from areas above and below the focal plane of interest. Out-of-focus light reduces contrast and decreases resolution, making it difficult to discern various cellular structures. In contrast, the illumination in a confocal microscope is not simultaneous, but sequential. The illumination is focused as a spot on one volume element of the specimen at a time.
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Research Interests: Engineering, Materials Science, Optics, Rendering (Computer Graphics), Microscopy, and 11 moreLaser, Confocal Microscopy, Optical Sectioning, Microscope, Laser Scanning, Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, Three Dimensional, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Volume Rendering, Confocal, and biological specimen data
Research Interests: Computer Science, Visualization, Caenorhabditis elegans, Data Analysis, Science, and 14 moreMedicine, Multidisciplinary, Software, Video microscopy, 3-D Imaging, Movement, Animals, Biological Process, Three Dimensional, Small Animal PET Imaging, D structure, Cytoplasm, Data Set, and Educational Tool
A simple method for constructing two and three-color merged images from grayscale confocal fluorescence images using Adobe PhotoshopTM is outlined. Various computer methods for manipulating and displaying the images are discussed in light... more
A simple method for constructing two and three-color merged images from grayscale confocal fluorescence images using Adobe PhotoshopTM is outlined. Various computer methods for manipulating and displaying the images are discussed in light of several recent biomedical applications of multi-label confocal microscopy.
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Publisher Summary This chapter introduces the principle of confocal microscopy. The different types of confocal microscopes currently available and the various applications of confocal microscopy are discussed. Methods of specimen... more
Publisher Summary This chapter introduces the principle of confocal microscopy. The different types of confocal microscopes currently available and the various applications of confocal microscopy are discussed. Methods of specimen preparation for confocal microscopy are provided as guidelines and should be generally applicable to most cell types. The chapter also describes three-dimensional reconstruction, four-dimensional imaging, and the methodology for producing color prints and slides of confocal data. In conventional microscopy, much of the depth or volume of the specimen is uniformly and simultaneously illuminated in addition to the plane in which the objective lens is focused. This leads to out-of-focus blur from areas above and below the focal plane of interest. Out-of-focus light reduces contrast and decreases resolution, making it difficult to discern various cellular structures. In contrast, the illumination in a confocal microscope is not simultaneous, but sequential. The illumination is focused as a spot on one volume element of the specimen at a time.