Fundamental flow cytometer properties governing sensitivity and resolution

Cytometry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 260-266

  Wood, James C S ^a,b  

^a BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Fluorescence; Resolution; Sensitivity; Standardization

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENT; NOISE; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDIZATION;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032190253     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19981001)33:2<260::AID-CYTO23>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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