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+# Software for controlling the Structured Illumination Microscope with Adaptive Optics
+***
+Copyright 2021  
+Ruizhe Lin and Peter Kner  
+School of Electrical and Computer Engineering  
+University of Georgia
+***
+This code accompanies the manuscript *Subcellular three-dimensional imaging deep through multicellular 
+thick samples by structured illumination microscopy and adaptive optics* by 
+Ruizhe Lin, Edward T. Kipreos, Jie Zhu, Chang Hyun Khang, and Peter Kner  
+[Posted to bioRxiv](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.15.043026v1)  
+Submitted to *Nature Communications*.
+***
+