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Confocal Microscope
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Confocal Microscope
A look at the development, purpose, types, problems, innovations and applications of the confocal microscope.
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"The Confocal MicroscopeInvention of the first microscope occurred about 1600 A.D. (3:39). As technology advanced, by 1887 improvements in resolution enabled John Buist to observe the small pox virus (3:40). Then, throughout the 20th century, progress in the field of microscopy accelerated (3:40). Ernst Ruska's invention of the electron microscope around 1930 increased resolutions by orders of magnitude (3:40). This was quickly followed by the development of phase contrast, differential interference contrast, and fluorescence microscopy techniques (11:183). It was the widespread use of fluorescent probes..and the background glare they produced..which eventually led to the development of the confocal microscope (3:40).
The first confocal microscope was invented by Minsky in 1955..."
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"Confocal Microscope" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Confocal-Microscope/20086>
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