"Microscopy, Confocal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018613
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.515.395 E05.595.395
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| Concept/Terms |
Microscopy, Confocal- Microscopy, Confocal
- Confocal Microscopy
- Confocal Microscopies
- Microscopies, Confocal
Laser Scanning Microscopy- Laser Scanning Microscopy
- Laser Scanning Microscopies
- Microscopies, Laser Scanning
- Microscopy, Laser Scanning
- Scanning Microscopies, Laser
- Scanning Microscopy, Laser
Laser Microscopy- Laser Microscopy
- Laser Microscopies
- Microscopies, Laser
- Microscopy, Laser
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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