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Review
. 2014 Mar;11(3):253-66.
doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2843.

Precisely and accurately localizing single emitters in fluorescence microscopy

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Precisely and accurately localizing single emitters in fluorescence microscopy

Hendrik Deschout et al. Nat Methods. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Methods based on single-molecule localization and photophysics have brought nanoscale imaging with visible light into reach. This has enabled single-particle tracking applications for studying the dynamics of molecules and nanoparticles and contributed to the recent revolution in super-resolution localization microscopy techniques. Crucial to the optimization of such methods are the precision and accuracy with which single fluorophores and nanoparticles can be localized. We present a lucid synthesis of the developments on this localization precision and accuracy and their practical implications in order to guide the increasing number of researchers using single-particle tracking and super-resolution localization microscopy.

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