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The other chapters in this book give the reader an in-depth description of almost every important aspect of biological confocal microscopy that we could think of. This chapter is to provide the novice user of this instrument with a basic understanding of the practical information needed to use it effectively. Because the computer interfaces of the various commercial instruments vary greatly, this chapter will stress the important features of microscopical optics and the basics of sampling that are common to all instruments. The underlying agenda of these suggestions is based on two principles:
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Centonze, V., Pawley, J. (1995). Tutorial on Practical Confocal Microscopy and Use of the Confocal Test Specimen. In: Pawley, J.B. (eds) Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5348-6_36
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