The design and construction of a cost-efficient confocal laser scanning microscope
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The optical dissection ability of confocal microscopy makes it a powerful tool for biological materials. However, the cost and complexity of confocal scanning laser microscopy hinders its wide application in education. We describe the construction of a simplified confocal scanning laser microscope and demonstrate three-dimensional projection based on cost-efficient commercial hardware, together with available open source software. © 2007 American Association of Physics Teachers. DOI: 10.1119/1.2388973
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