Simultaneous multifocal, multiphoton, photon counting microscopy.

We demonstrate a novel multifocal, multiphoton microscope that is capable of simultaneous dynamic imaging of multiple focal planes. We show for the first time that multimodal, multiphoton images excited with orthogonal polarizations can be acquired simultaneously in both the transmission and epi directions.

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