Confocal fluorescence microscopy using spectral and lifetime information to simultaneously record four fluorophores with high channel separation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-46

  Carlsson, K ^a   Liljeborg, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cross talk; Fluorescence lifetime; Multiple labelling; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; INFORMATION USE;

CHANNEL SEPARATION; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPE; CROSS TALKS; EXPERIMENT CONFIRM; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUOROPHORE LIFETIMES; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; LABELINGS; MULTIPLE LABELING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031019334     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1450705.x     Document Type: Article

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