microscopy
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- History
- Optical microscopy
- Limitations
- Techniques
- Bright field
- Oblique illumination
- Dark field
- Dispersion staining
- Phase contrast
- Differential interference contrast
- Interference reflection
- Fluorescence
- Confocal
- Two-photon microscopy
- Single plane illumination microscopy and light sheet fluorescence microscopy
- Wide-field multiphoton microscopy
- Deconvolution
- Sub-diffraction techniques
- Serial time-encoded amplified microscopy
- Extensions
- Other enhancements
- X-ray
- Electron microscopy
- Scanning probe microscopy
- Ultrasonic force
- Ultraviolet microscopy
- Infrared microscopy
- Digital holographic microscopy
- Digital pathology (virtual microscopy)
- Laser microscopy
- Photoacoustic microscopy
- Amateur microscopy
- Application in forensic science
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- General
- Techniques
thumb|300px|Scanning electron microscope image of [[pollen (false colors)]] thumb|250px|Microscopic examination in a biochemical laboratory
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view subjects too small to be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of microscopy: optical, electron, and scanning probe microscopy, along with the emerging field of X-ray microscopy.