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Optical filtering systems for wavelength selection in light microscopy
A S Waggoner1, E S Wachman, D L Farkas
1Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Current Protocols in Cytometry
|September 5, 2008
Abstract:
Because of its sensitivity and specificity, fluorescence-based detection is one of the foremost methods for microscopic imaging of biological tissues and cells. Dramatic improvements in filter system design and implementation coupled with development of an ever-widening range of sensitive fluorescent dyes have made multicolor imaging a powerful tool for structural and functional analysis. This revised and expanded unit reviews some of the main principles and developments of optical filtering.

