Three-dimensional coherent transfer function for a confocal microscope with two D-shaped pupils.
The three-dimensional coherent transfer function for D-shaped pupils in reflection-mode confocal scanning microscopy is analytically derived under the paraxial approximation. Three-dimensional numerical plots are presented, showing the dependence of the transfer functions on the width of a central divider. The applications in fiber-optical confocal scanning microscopy are also discussed.
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NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456.
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Sheppard
Colin J R
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D000465:Algorithms; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007909:Lenses; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity