= Brad Amos
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A researcher in optical microscopy whose joint account of <confocal microscopy> explains how illumination and detection are restricted to the same small volume. A pinhole rejects much of the light originating away from focus, while scanning assembles an image. This gives optical depth discrimination that helps separate structures overlapping in a conventional image.<Confocal microscopy (chapter manuscript) by Brad Amos and others>[Introduction and manuscript pp. 5–8: shared focal volume, detection aperture and scanning]{ref}
He helped develop laser-scanning <confocal microscopes> and designed instruments and production tooling for their manufacture.<Scientific profile of Brad Amos at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology>[Research section: confocal development and instrument manufacturing]{ref}
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