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🔬 Confocal Microscope Lab: Pinhole, Optical Sectioning, Airy PSF and STED Resolution

A Blender laser-scanning microscope with a live 3D fluorescent specimen volume, the confocal focal spot, focal plane and pinhole: Airy PSF, optical sectioning and STED resolution, with nine numerical checks.

Optics & Light3DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version
Confocal Microscope Lab: Pinhole, Optical Sectioning, Airy PSF and STED Resolution ↗ Open standalone
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A Blender laser-scanning microscope with a live 3D fluorescent specimen volume, the confocal focal spot, focal plane and pinhole: Airy PSF, optical sectioning and STED resolution, with nine numerical checks.

confocal microscopySTEDoptical sectioningBlenderThree.jsfluorescence

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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