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JUNE 2004 | CONTENTS
Features
Colorful Fluorescence Stands Out in Black and White
by Brian Matsumoto and Ken Linberg, University of California, Santa Barbara, and
Richard Crandall, Optronics
It would seem that a color digital camera would be the best choice for multicolor analysis, but a black-and-white camera can actually offer higher spatial resolution.
page 36
Positioning Issues for Inverted Microscopes
by Dave Denu, Ludl Electronic Products Ltd.
page 40
Control Technology Helps Reduce Errors
by Scott Jordan, PI (Physik Instrumente) USA
page 41
Stage Positioning Provides High-Speed Precision for 3-D Images
by Dr. William O'Brien, Mad City Labs Inc.
page 44
Positioning Offers Imaging Options
by James Hunt, Prior Scientific Inc.
page 45
Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Biology:
From Microscopy to Ablation and Micromanipulation
by Marco Arrigoni, Coherent Inc.
Until recently, biological applications for ultrafast laser pulses were confined to sample interrogation, but now the lasers also are being used for sample manipulation.
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Columns
Biophotonics Research
page 52
- Mirror, mirror, on the chip
- Photonic nanojets break the diffraction limit
- Low-cost frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime microscopy
- UV resonance Raman spectroscopy discriminates between bacteria species
- Bridging the resolution gap
- Dark-field illumination sheds light on chemotaxis
Post Scripts
by Karen E. Greb
Reconstructing Tyrannosaurus rex
page 86
Departments
Editorial
page 9
Company Index
page 13
As We Go To Press
page 14
- Multiphoton polymerization resin displays biocompatibility
- CT may aid cancer treatment
- UV radiation helps arrest culprits in graft-vs.-host disease
Technology Solutions
page 16
- Cuvette-free spectrophotometer measures very small samples
- Piezo technique improves survival rates in nuclear transfer
- Spaceborne rain gauge monitors drought effects
Biophotonics News
page 22
- Force microscopy images interactions of optically trapped particles
- Investigating ambient light for color signal evolution
- NIST develops scale for fluorescence measurement
- OCT compares favorably with clinical diagnosis of diabetic macular edema
- Reading time is longer for digital mammograms than for film
- Alternative to PCR detects anthrax with high sensitivity
- Real-time video of cells uncovers unusual mitochondrial changes
- Eye surgery outcome affected by environment
Government Matters
page 34
From the Clinic
page 62
Courses & Shows
page 63
Business Digest
page 67
New to the Market
page 68
New Media
page 83
Advertiser Index
page 84