Medical Definition of Phase contrast microscopy
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A simple nonquantitative form of interference micoscopy of great utility in visualising live cells. Small differences in optical path length due to differences in refractive index and thickness of structures are visualised as differences in light intensity.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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