Optical or light microscopy involves passing visible light transmitted through or reflected from the sample through a single or multiple lenses to allow a magnified view of the sample. The resulting image can be detected directly by the eye, imaged on a photographic plate or captured digitally. The single lens with its attachments, or the system of lenses and imaging equipment, along with the appropriate lighting equipment, sample stage and support, makes up the basic light microscope. The most recent development is the digital microscope, which uses a CCD camera to focus on the exhibit of interest. The image is shown on a computer screen since the camera is attached to it via a USB port, so eye-pieces are unnecessary.
Introduction to basic techniques in microscopy involves light microscopy, laser scanning, types of dyes, the cell, electron microscopy, differential interface microscopy, histological stains and histochemical stains.
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Powder microscopy is evaluation/quality control method, used for medicinal plants to study the specific microscopic characters using different staining reagent. Applications in detection of adulterants in sample by performing comparison study using authenticated sample.
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Introduction to basic techniques in microscopy involves light microscopy, laser scanning, types of dyes, the cell, electron microscopy, differential interface microscopy, histological stains and histochemical stains.
Electron microscopy; Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM). The vacuum required for electron microscopy to work correctly precludes the observation of living organisms. Biological samples must be dried then coated with a conductive metal.
Transmission microscopy and reflection microscopy refer to type of illumination used to view the object of interest in the microscope. Reflected light microscopy, also called episcopic illumination or just epi-illumination, uses top-down lighting to illuminate the specimen and the light is reflected back from the specimen to the viewer. This type of illumination is most often used with opaque specimens like metallurgical samples. Transmitted light microscopy, also called diascopic illumination, uses bottom-up illumination where the light is transmitted through the specimen to the viewer. This type of illumination is most often used with translucent specimens like biological cells. Detailed information about microscopes can be found at these links: Microscopy Primer - Florida State University Reflected Light Microscopy Optical Pathway - Java interactive image Transmitted Light Microscopy Optical Pathway - Java interactive image
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Light microscopy uses visible light to observe specimens and is suitable for studying living organisms and tissues in more detail, while electron microscopy uses a beam of electrons to provide higher resolution images of specimens at a greater magnification, making it ideal for visualizing ultrastructural details of cells and tissues. Light microscopy is better suited for routine lab work and observing larger structures, while electron microscopy is more specialized and requires specific sample preparation techniques.
Dark field microscopy (dark ground microscopy) describes microscopy methods, in both light and electron microscopy, which exclude the unscattered beam from the image. As a result, the field around the specimen (i.e. where there is no specimen to scatter the beam) is generally dark.
Dark field microscopy illuminates the specimen from the side, causing light to scatter off the specimen and appear bright against a dark background. Light field microscopy illuminates the specimen from below, causing light to pass through the specimen and appear dark against a bright background.
Dark field microscopy (dark ground microscopy) describes microscopy methods, in both light and electron microscopy, which exclude the unscattered beam from the image. As a result, the field around the specimen (i.e. where there is no specimen to scatter the beam) is generally dark.
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Most viruses cannot be seen by light microscopy because they are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, making them invisible to the human eye when using this type of microscope.