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. 2012 Jul 3;1:11. doi: 10.1186/2046-2530-1-11

Table 1.

Making the point spread function (PSF) spherical

Raw Deconvolved Deconvolved and Gaussian blurred
xy (nm) 540 ± 76.4 324 ± 76.4 1,080 ± 76.4
xz (nm) 2,000 ± 176.8 1,000 ± 176.8 1,000 ± 176.8
Ratio xy:xz 0.27 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.02 1.08 ± 0.02

Full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) measurements of experimental PSFs for raw, deconvolved and deconvolved and Gaussian blurred 3D images (n = 5).