Microscopy, Confocal

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy; Confocal Microscopies; Laser Microscopies; Laser Scanning Microscopies; Microscopies, Confocal; Microscopies, Laser; Microscopies, Laser Scanning; Microscopy, Laser; Microscopy, Laser Scanning
A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible.