Measurement of the fluorescence lifetime in scattering media by frequency-domain photon migration

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4930-4938

  Mayer, Ralf H ^a   Reynolds, Jeffery S ^a   Sevick Muraca, Eva M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN PHOTON MIGRATION;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032606404     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004930     Document Type: Article

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