Table 1 Optical, acquisition and videoconferencing resolutions for each objective
Objective magnification | Numerical aperture | Theoretical optical resolution (micron) | Pixel size of live video (micron) | Pixel size of transmitted images (micron) | Pixel size of still images (micron) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5x | 0.12 | 2.29 | 2.04 | 2.55 | 1.28 |
10x | 0.25 | 1.10 | 1.02 | 1.28 | 0.64 |
20x | 0.40 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.64 | 0.32 |
40x | 0.65 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.16 |
63x | 0.75 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.10 |