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Zeiss LSM 510 META - Guided Tour
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Confocal Z Sectioning
Number of Sections for correct sampling
Optical thickness d depends on:
• Wavelength
λ
• Objective lens, N.A.
• Refractive index n
• Pinhole diameter P
For Z-sectioning it is optimal to have:
no missing information @ minimal number of sections
Slices overlap by the half of their thickness
„Nyquist-“ or Sampling- Theorem
d ~ P n λ / (N.A)
2
~ 0.5 µm @ 63x1.4
The optical slice
thickness is displayed
in the Scan Control
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