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Brad Amos Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
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.[ref]
Confocal microscopy (chapter manuscript) by Brad Amos and others. Introduction and manuscript pp. 5–8: shared focal volume, detection aperture and scanning
He helped develop laser-scanning confocal microscopes and designed instruments and production tooling for their manufacture.[ref]
Scientific profile of Brad Amos at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Research section: confocal development and instrument manufacturing
