A "two-objective, one-area" procedure in absorption microphotometry and its application using an inverted microscope.

K A Chaubal

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A "two-objective, one-area" procedure in absorption microphotometry and its application using an inverted microscope.

K A Chaubal

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A 'two-objective, one-area' method and related equations are suggested to measure absorbance of microscopic stained objects. In such work, the measuring field invariably includes an image of the object and some clear area surrounding the image. The total intensity in the two areas is measured photometrically, using two different objectives, and substituted in the equation for absorbance. The equation is independent of the term representing intensity from the clear area and hence the error in the measurement of absorbance is reduced. The limitations of the 'two-objective, one-area' method are discussed and its pragmatic operation described with an experimental setup involving an inverted microscope. The method permits measurement of intensity in a part of a stained cell while the rest of the cell remains in the field of view. The method is applied to measure absorbance in Giemsa stained ascites cells and Feulgen stained liver and Human Amnion cells.

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K A Chaubal. 1988. A "two-objective, one-area" procedure in absorption microphotometry and its application using an inverted microscope.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2460395/

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