confocal
Speech parts
1. confocal - Noun
2. confocal - Adjective
Meaning
Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
See also: total internal reflection fluorescence microscope Neuroscience Confocal main Confocal microscopy uses a scanning point of light and a pinhole to prevent out of focus light from reaching the detector.
Elliptic coordinates A family of confocal hyperbolas is the basis of the system of elliptic coordinates in two dimensions.
Confocal microscopy is, therefore, commonly used where 3D structure is important.
Microscopy Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Two-photon excitation microscopy make use of lasers to obtain blur-free images of thick specimens at various depths.
Fluorescence microscopy and confocal microscopy are used to detect fluorescent signals with good intracellular detail.
If an ellipse and a hyperbola are confocal, they are perpendicular to each other.