High-resolution two-photon transcranial imaging of brain using direct wavefront sensing

Congping Chen; Zhongya Qin; Sicong He; Shaojun Liu; Shun-Fat Lau; Wanjie Wu; Dan Zhu; Nancy Y. Ip; Jianan Y. Qu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.420220

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