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Theoretical development and experimental evaluation of imaging models for differential-interference-contrast

C Preza1, D L Snyder, J A Conchello

  • 1Institute for Biomedical Computing, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. preza@ibc.wustl.edu

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision
|September 4, 1999
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