An Evanescent Wave Biosensor—Part I: Fluorescent Signal Acquisition from Step-Etched Fiber Optic Probes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 578-584

  Anderson, George P ^a   Golden, Joel P ^a   Ligler, Frances S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIBER OPTICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSORS; FLUORESCENT SIGNAL ACQUISITION; REMOTE CONTINUOUS MONITORING; STEP ETCHED FIBER OPTIC PROBES;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 0028445647     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.293245     Document Type: Article

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