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The origin of the FOM conference series were the three-dimensional imaging
capabilities of confocal microscopy, together with the associated 3D image
processing.
Recently the technology for Optical microscopy has been progressing with
the development of opto-electronic technologies such as femtosecond lasers,
nanometric precision scanners and stages, and highly sensitive
photo-detectors, together with the development of digital image processing
for three-dimensional real-time full-color digital movies. Nonlinear
optical microscopy including multi-photon excited fluorescence microscopy,
time-resolved micro-spectroscopy, and second-harmonic and coherent
anti-Stokes Raman are making imaging based on new contrasts like molecular
composition possible. High-resolution Microscopy, including near-field
scanning optical microscopy, four-pi confocal microscopy, and coherence
probe microscopy also constitute a major research topic in the field of
microscopy.
These conferences offer a most efficient meeting point for developers and
users working in these rapidly evolving fields and play an important role
in the dissemination of information about new developments with special
attention to live cell imaging and manipulation. A technical exhibition
will show the most recent developments in microscopy and associated
techniques.