Infrastructure

confocal microscope

Type
Equipment
Code
APP/00043
Date of commissioning
01 May 2012 → …
Organisations
  • Department of Diagnostic Sciences (GE32)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
higher resolution twodimensional images three dimensional images
Brand Name/manufacturer
Leica
 
Description

confocal microscopy , is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by means of using a spatial pinhole to block out-of-focus light in image formation. Capturing multiple two-dimensional images at different depths in a sample enables the reconstruction of three-dimensional structures (a process known as optical sectioning) within an object.

Our configuration has 4 lasers :

Blue : 488 nm

Red : 640 nm

Yellow: 561nm

Violet : 405nm