Time-gated fluorescence lifetime imaging and microvolume spectroscopy using two-photon excitation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-51

  Sytsma, J ^a   Vroom, J M ^a   De Grauw, C J ^a   Gerritsen, H C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime imaging; Microvolume spectroscopy; Time gating; Two photon excitation microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LASER EXCITATION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTONS; SAPPHIRE;

FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENT MOLECULES; MICROVOLUME SPECTROSCOPY; MICROVOLUMES; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; TIME GATING; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPIES; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

MICROSCOPES;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031877432     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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