Quality assessment of confocal microscopy slide based systems: Performance

All fluorescence slide‐based cytometry detections systems basically include the following components: (1) an excitation light source, (2) intermediate optics, and (3) a detection device consisting of a CCD camera or a PMT. The optical principles employed is slide‐based systems are similar to those of confocal microscopes (CLSM).

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