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Nearly all new technologies claim to once again revolutionize the field where they are applied. That is often true, at least from the viewpoint of contemporaries. Over time, the initial enthusiasm often fades, the method becomes routine, and researchers fail to imagine life without it. In a metaphorical sense, contrast is lost and the importance of the innovation becomes invisible.
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Borlinghaus, R.T. (2017). Confocal Microscopy. In: The White Confocal. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55562-1_3
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