Re: Confocal calibration & performance assesment

Posted by Cole, Richard W (HEALTH) on
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Javier Diez-Guerra


The light microscopy research group ( https://abrf.org/research-group/light-microscopy-research-group-lmrg) with in the ABRF (ABRF.org) has been working to develop performance testing procedures and achievable results (in conjunction with NIST).  These performance tests have been performed in labs worldwide.

Here are some relevant publications: sorry for any perceived self-promotion

Stack, R., Bayles, C., Girard, A., Martin, K., Opansky, C., Schulz, K., and Cole, R. (2011) Quality Assurance Testing for Modern Optical Imaging Systems. Microscopy & Microanalysis 17(4):598-606. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927611000237

Cole, R.W., Jinadasa, T., and Brown, C.M. (2011) Resolution and Quality Control of Confocal Microscopy Optics. Nature Prot. 6 (12): 1929-1941. doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.407

Cole,R., Thibault,M., Bayles,C., Eason,B., Girard,A., Jinadasa,T., Opansky,C., Schulz,K., and Brown, C. (2013) International Test Results for Objective Lens Quality, Resolution, Spectral Accuracy and Spectral Separation for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopes (CLSM). Microscopy & Microanalysis doi:10.1017/S1431927613013470

Jonkman, J., Brown, C.L., and Cole, R.W. (2014) Quantitative Confocal Microscopy: Beyond a Pretty Picture. Methods Cell Biol. 123:113-34  doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420138-5.00007-0

Brown, C., Reilly, A., and Cole, R, W.  (2015) A Quantitative Measure of field Illumination. Vol 26:2 J. Biomol. Tech. doi: 10.7171/jbt.15-2602-001

BTW Mike points are "spot-on." if we could just eliminate the user ...

Cheers

Rich

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