Abstract
The reflectance confocal microscope allows exploration up to 200–300 μm deep, with a high resolution at the cellular scale, in the order of 1 μm, close to that one obtained by the optical microscope on histological sections.
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Abbreviations
- 3D:
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Three dimensions
- IVCM:
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In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy
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Kaspi, M., Garcin, T., Labeille, B., Fimiani, M., Perrot, JL., Cinotti, E. (2020). An Introduction to In Vivo Confocal Microscopy. In: Kaspi, M., Cinotti, E., Perrot, JL., Garcin, T. (eds) Eyelid and Conjunctival Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36606-3_1
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