Super-resolution microscopy demystified

Lothar Schermelleh; Alexia Ferrand; Thomas Huser; Christian Eggeling; Markus Sauer; Oliver Biehlmaier; Gregor P. C. Drummen

doi:10.1038/s41556-018-0251-8

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Resolution (logic)MicroscopySuper-resolution microscopyNanotechnologySuperresolutionComputer scienceVisualizationLimit (mathematics)High resolutionPhysicsMaterials scienceArtificial intelligenceOpticsRemote sensingImage (mathematics)Scanning confocal electron microscopyMathematicsGeology

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 72-84
Citations: 1148
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                                    Lothar Schermelleh, 
                                
                                    Alexia Ferrand, 
                                
                                    Thomas Huser
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Super-resolution microscopy demystified. 
                            Nature Cell Biology
                            , 21
                            (1)
                            , 72-84.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-018-0251-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0251-8