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Mirror densitometry for higher sensitivity and resolution.

D Taube·V Neuhoff
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In order to increase the pathway of the light inside a gel (or autoradiogram) during scanning, it is placed on top of a mirror and the densitometry is performed in a vertical reflection mode. As the light passes the gel a second time after being reflected by the mirror, the absorbance is nearly doubled. This increase in absorbance results in higher sensitivity and resolution.

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D Taube, V Neuhoff. 1989. Mirror densitometry for higher sensitivity and resolution.. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.1150100311

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