Deconvolution of Images and Spectra 
by Peter A. Jansson (Editor)

Hardcover - 514 pages 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
Academic Press; ISBN: 0123802229 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.06 x 9.19 x 6.15

from Book News, Inc.
Provides an overview of the field, along with techniques to successfully apply signal or image processing to corrupt images. The authors assume only a working knowledge of calculus, and emphasize applications over theory, focusing on areas that have been pivotal to the evolution of effective methods. Topics include linear and nonlinear methods of deconvolution, specific applications of a proven method, advances made in restoration of images from cell biology and astronomy, and new methods, including maximum probability estimation, Fourier spectrum continuation, and projections onto convex sets. Each chapter begins with a symbol list, and notation is consistent throughout. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved

Reviewer: cameron@rowland.org from Cambridge, MA
"This book is an excellent presentation of exactly what the title says. It starts with a solid mathematical introduction to the topic and then continues with numerous extensions and applications. Recommended if the title interests you."

Introduction to Volume Rendering
(Hewlett-Packard Professional Books)
by Barthold Lichtenbelt, Randy Crane, Shaz Naqvi

Hardcover Book&CD-Rom edition (March 1998)
Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN: 0138616833 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 9.31 x 6.26

From the Inside Flap , Preface
... Those professionals who regularly inspect three-dimensional sampled data will benefit greatly from the concepts presented in this book. This book will aid students of computer science and engineering who wish to know the best way to interactively view three-dimensional sampled data sets. Anyone interested in volume rendering concepts such as classification, lighting, ray casting, and compositing will find this book useful.

... we strongly believe that a great part of the learning process requires hands-on experience. For this reason, a CD-ROM comes with the book. The CD-ROM includes source code, executable programs, and data sets to use...This book is both a course and a resource guide.... Barthold Lichtenbelt (barthold@verinet) Randy Crane Shaz Naqvi

Video Microscopy : The Fundamentals
by Shinya Inoue, Kenneth R. Spring

Hardcover - (August 1997) 764 pages

Book Description
This classic has been throughly revised and expanded to reflect technological advances, but it still emphasizes the fundamentals, with extensive reviews of optical microscopy, video detectors, and display devices. Three completely new chapters deal with solid-state detectors, both video-rate and slow scan, image intensifiction; and the color video signal and color video cameras. Another new chapter treating the practical aspcts of the design and use of video microscope systems is especially notable. This edition fetures over 500 illustrations (including 126 half-tones), a glossary of items, detailed tables of specifications, and a list of manufacturers.

Reviewer: Robert J Mansfield from Stow, Ma United States
"The author provides a very detailed and extremely well presented guide to all aspects of video microscopy. The subject is presented in such a way as to be of great value to the most advanced reader while not being beyond the grasp of the novice. All relevant background material is supplied, and I have found the book to be an excellent reference for video imaging and image processing in general."

Reviewer: A reader from Houston, TX
"This book is an excellent update to the first edition. Much progress has been made in Video Microscopy since the first edition in 1986. This book covers the field nicely. It is an excellent guide for the novice and excellent reference for the advanced user. Anyone serious about video microscopy should have a copy of this book on their shelf!"

Fluorescence Microscopy (Microscopy Handbooks, 40)
by H. J. Tanke, Brian Herman 

Paperback - 144 pages 2nd edition (May 1998)
Springer Verlag; ISBN: 0387915516 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.43 x 9.20 x 6.20

Book Description
Scientists use fluorescence microscopy to biochemically label and then detect molecules within the cell as part of basic biomedical research and for diagnostic purposes. Fluorescence Microscopy is the revised, updated and expanded second edition of a best-selling introductory text on the use of fluorescence microscopy in cell biology. The book covers the fundamental principles of fluorescence and their application to fluorescence microscopy. A detailed description of the fluorescence microscope is given too. Application to immunofluorescence, in situ hybridization, and photomicrography are presented in full, practical details. Specific topics covered include: Fundamentals of fluorescence; Components of fluorescence microscopes; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy; Green fluorescent proteins; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Digitized video microscopy; Single and multiphoton microscopy; Fluorescence photomicroscopy; Fluorescence Microscopy.

Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy and Related Imaging Systems
by Timothy R. Corle (Editor), Gordon S. Kino (Editor)

Hardcover - 352 pages (September 1996)
Academic Pr; ISBN: 0124087507 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.80 x 9.22 x 6.13

from Book News, Inc.
Introduces scientists and engineers to the field of scanning optical miscroscopy in order to overcome the problems associated with submicrometer imaging of complex 3D structures. Concentrates mainly on the confocal scanning optical microscope (CSOM), and the optical interference microscope (OIM), although it does discuss the theory and design of the near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM). Covers practical aspects of building a CSOM or OIM, and considers the applications of these instruments to phase and biological imaging, semiconductor inspection, and metrology. Also contains a theoretical discussion of the depth and transverse resolution, emphasizing practical results of the theoretical calculations, and their uses in understanding the operation of the microscopes. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved