Microscopy: Point Spread Function (Jeff Lichtman)

Learn more: https://www.ibiology.org/talks/point-spread-function/ An infinitesimally small point appears in the microscope as a spot with a certain size, blurred in the z-direction and with concentric rings around it. This "point spread function" reveals many of the optical properties of your microscope. This lecture explains why and how the microscope images a point as a point spread function.