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Confocal microscopy is particularly advantageous for 3-D imaging of thick objects as a result of its optical sectioning property (Sheppard, 1987). It is widely used in the fluorescence mode for imaging biological objects of various types, but is also used in the brightfield reflection mode for imaging objects of different forms.
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Sheppard, C.J.R. (1994). Confocal Microscopy: Basic Principles and System Performance. In: Cheng, P.C., Lin, T.H., Wu, W.L., Wu, J.L. (eds) Multidimensional Microscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8366-6_1
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