Fluorescence lifetime imaging with picosecond resolution for biomedical applications

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 810-812

  Dowling, K ^a   Dayel, M J ^a   Lever, M J ^a   French, P M W ^a   Hares, J D ^b   Dymoke Bradshaw, A K L ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KENTECH INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000881625     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.000810     Document Type: Article

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