An Evanescent Wave Biosensor—Part II: Fluorescent Signal Acquisition from Tapered Fiber Optic Probes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 585-591

  Golden, Joel P ^a   Anderson, George P ^a   Rabbany, Sina Y ^b   Ligler, Frances S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVES;

EVANESCENT WAVE BIOSENSORS; FLUORESCENT SIGNAL ACQUISITION; TAPERED FIBER OPTIC PROBES;

BIOSENSORS;

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

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

GLASS FIBER;

EID: 0028449332     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.293246     Document Type: Article

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