confocal microscope

British  

noun

1. a light microscope with an optical system designed to reject background from matter outside the focal plane and therefore allowing images of different sections of a specimen to be obtained

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Example Sentences

It is blocking out the light so she can work at a highly-sensitive confocal microscope that uses lasers to illuminate brain samples.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Then, using a confocal microscope, the scientists filmed how the neurons reacted to changes in salt concentrations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

In one room, a laser confocal microscope causes delicate structures—like the multifaceted eyes of a fly, now splashed from the scope onto an adjacent monitor—to fluoresce.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2019

Figure 27.54 A confocal microscope provides three-dimensional images using pinholes and the extended depth of focus as described by wave optics.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Slides were then imaged using a Zeiss LSM 700 or 710 confocal microscope.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014