Influence of defocus on quantitative analysis of microscopic objects and individual cells with digital holography.
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SUBMITTER: Rinehart MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4473744 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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