Historically, resolution in fluorescence optical microscopy has been limited by the Rayleigh criterion. Recently, however, several techniques have achieved resolution below that specified by the Rayleigh criterion. Among these are 4-Pi confocal microscopy, harmonic excitation light-microscopy, stimulated emission depletion microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy and I 5M. The most widely accepted current method of resolution testing is to image an array of closely packed fluorescent beads or beads dispersed in a matrix. This shows that the system is capable of resolving a feature with a given diameter: however, it does not demonstrate the classical resolution of the system. We have fabricated a fluorescent resolution target for better characterization of a system's resolution.
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Stark, P. R. H., Rinko, L. J., & Larson, D. N. (2003). Fluorescent resolution target for super-resolution microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 212(3), 307–310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2003.01257.x
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