Confocal Microscopy: For October 14

After we finish reading the paper on two-photon microscopy, we'll start reading about confocal microscopy. Here are some good papers on it:


1) A short editorial on confocal endoscopes.

Honestly, the most important thing from this article is the figure. It gets the concept across better than most of the stuff I've seen.

2) Two articles (written several years apart) by the same research group on a confocal endoscope. We'll compare the articles to see how they made progress. Start with the more recent one, as it's easier to understand.

Items 1 and 2 are what you should focus on. If you read those 3 papers, that's enough.


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3) Nikon Microscopy U. has a few articles. They're OK, but not spectacular.


4) American Journal of Physics article on how to build a confocal microscope. The American Journal of Physics is a great place to look if you want to get info on how to do something for a senior project.

If you want to write a paper detailing what you'd have to do to build a confocal microscope on campus for a senior project, this is a good paper to start from. I'd love to read a paper detailing a possible senior project.

5) A medical review on confocal microscopes in the clinic. Don't read this one in detail, just skim it to get an idea of how important this stuff could potentially be.

If you want to write a paper on medical applications, this article (and the first one mentioned in this post) are both excellent places to start.