How to Use confocal in a Sentence
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The probe allowed the researchers to watch the disease progress in living mice under a giant confocal microscope.
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Quanta Magazine,
2022-12-08
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In confocal microscopy the focal plane is imaged with a single, intense point of light, centered between two cones of light that flood the rest of the sample.
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Jen Christiansen,
Scientific American,
2013-05-21
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First, the team used confocal microscopy to take high-resolution images of selected regions on the fragments.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
2019-12-30
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Compare these pyramidal cells, photographed through a confocal microscope, to Cajal’s drawing of a single one.
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Sharon Begley,
STAT,
2018-05-03
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The researchers scanned the surfaces of the paintings using a tool known as a chromatic confocal optical profilometer, creating precise 3-D surface height data showing how the paint lay on the canvases, and digitally broke them into grids.
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Livia Gershon,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2022-01-10
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McMaster conceived the idea of using a chromatic confocal profilometer, a widely available scanning device, to analyze the CIA students’ paintings.
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cleveland,
2021-12-20
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Alexandre Dumoulin from the University of Zurich used confocal imaging at 40x magnification to highlight these nerve fibers that convey information and connect the two sides of bilateral animals.
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Donna Sarkar,
Discover Magazine,
2021-08-26
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