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A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible.
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- Microscopy, Confocal
- Confocal Microscopies
- Microscopies, Confocal
- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
- Confocal Microscopy, Scanning Laser
- Laser Microscopy
- Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
- Laser Scanning Microscopy
- Microscopy, Confocal, Laser Scanning
- Laser Microscopies
- Laser Scanning Microscopies
- Microscopies, Laser
- Microscopies, Laser Scanning
- Microscopy, Laser
- Microscopy, Laser Scanning
- Scanning Microscopies, Laser
- Scanning Microscopy, Laser
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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- Microscopy (1985-1994)
- Microscopy, Fluorescence (1985-1994)
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- National Library of Medicine. Confocal Microscopy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018613. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018613
- Confocal Microscopy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confocal_microscopy
- Confocal Microscopy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902045