Confocal microscopy

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What Wikipedia says

Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by means of using a spatial pinhole to block out-of-focus light in image formation.

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Image: Marvin Minsky (inventor), Ameter & Levy (Attorneys), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.