Three-dimensional coherent transfer functions in confocal scanning imaging

Min Gu

doi:10.1117/12.2308503

26 July 1993 Three-dimensional coherent transfer functions in confocal scanning imaging

Min Gu

Proceedings Volume 1983, 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology; 19832C (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308503
Event: 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology, 1993, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

We report on the analysis of the three-dimensional (3-D) image formation in a confocal microscope in terms of the concept of the 3-D coherent transfer function (CTF). The effects of the annular pupil function and spherical aberration on the 3-D CTF are investigated. The 3-D CTF for a new fibre-optical confocal system consisting of optical fibres for illumination and collection is described. We also discuss the significance of the 3-D CTF and, in particular, the relationship between the 3-D CTF and 2-D and 1-D imaging.

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Min Gu "Three-dimensional coherent transfer functions in confocal scanning imaging", Proc. SPIE 1983, 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology, 19832C (26 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308503

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