<s>
PSF	B-Application
Lab	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
program	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
calculation	O
of	O
the	O
illumination	O
point	O
spread	O
function	O
(	O
PSF	O
)	O
of	O
a	O
confocal	O
microscope	O
under	O
various	O
imaging	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSF	B-Application
Lab	I-Application
can	O
also	O
simulate	O
microscope	O
objectives	O
that	O
are	O
corrected	O
for	O
certain	O
refractive	O
indices	O
and	O
cover	O
slip	O
thicknesses	O
(	O
design	O
parameters	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loops	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
up	O
such	O
that	O
PSF	B-Application
Lab	I-Application
calculates	O
one	O
or	O
several	O
sets	O
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
resolution	B-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
calculated	O
images	O
in	O
each	O
new	O
iteration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
image	O
is	O
displayed	O
in	O
PSF	B-Application
Lab	I-Application
in	O
linear	O
or	O
logarithmic	O
color	O
scale	O
with	O
user-selectable	O
color	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
intensity	O
,	O
individual	O
field	O
components	O
,	O
or	O
squared	O
field	O
component	O
distributions	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
into	O
various	O
formats	O
(	O
data	O
formats	O
:	O
.mat	O
,	O
.h5	O
(	O
HDF5	O
)	O
,	O
.txt	O
(	O
ASCII	O
)	O
;	O
image	O
formats	O
:	O
.fig	O
,	O
.ai	O
,	O
.bmp	O
,	O
.emf	O
,	O
.eps	O
,	O
.jpg	O
,	O
.pcx	O
,	O
.pdf	O
,	O
.png	O
,	O
.tif	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
