Scanning confocal optical microscopy offers increased resolution and superior rejection of out-of-focus signals for epifluorescence imaging of biological material.
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White, J., Amos, W. Confocal microscopy comes of age. Nature 328, 183–184 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/328183a0
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