Introduction to microscopy by means of light, electrons, X rays, or acoustics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rochow, Theodore George
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tucker, Paul Arthur
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1994]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Language of science.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Brief history of microscopy
  • Definitions, attributes of visibility and general principles
  • Simple and compound light microscopes
  • Compound microscopes using reflected light
  • Microscopy with polarized light
  • Microscopical properties of fibers
  • Microscopical properties of crystals
  • Confocal scanning light microscopy
  • Micrography
  • Contrast: phase, amplitude and color
  • Interference microscopy
  • Microscopical stages
  • Fourier transform infrared microscopy
  • Transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction.
  • Scanning electron microscopy and compositional analysis
  • Emission microscopies
  • X-ray microscopy
  • Acoustic microscopy
  • Image collection, analysis and reconstruction by computer
  • Specimen preparation.