title: Confocal laser scanning microscopy.
abstract: Many technological advancements of the past decade have contributed to improvements in the photon efficiency of the confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM). The resolution of images from the new generation of CLSMs is approaching that achieved by the microscope itself because of continued development in digital imaging methods, laser technology and the availability of brighter and more photostable fluorescent probes. Such advances have made possible novel experimental approaches for multiple label fluorescence, live cell imaging and multidimensional microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. paddock@facstaff.wisc.edu
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007834:Lasers; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins