The statistics of single molecule detection: An overview

Bioimaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 88-98

  Enderlein, Jörg ^a   Robbins, David L ^a   Patrick Ambrose, W ^a   Goodwin, Peter M ^a   Keller, Richard A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Path integral; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

PHYCOERYTHRIN;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030750545     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199709)5:3<88::AID-BIO2>3.3.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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