title: Laser computed-tomography microscope.
abstract: The computed tomography (CT) technique is implemented in an optical transmission microscope with a laser as a light source. A rotational Pechan prism is used in the illumination optics of the microscope for projecting a thick 3-D sample onto a 2-D array detector in different directions. A minicomputer is employed for 3-D reconstruction from the observed image data. Energy throughput efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio in the developed CT microscope are higher than those of our previously developed CT microscope [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 292 (1987)]. Instrumentation of this microscope is described and some experimental results are shown with biological samples.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ooki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Y
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authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minami