Single-molecule detection with total internal reflection excitation: Comparing signal-to-background and total signals in different geometries

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-231

  Ambrose, W Patrick ^a   Goodwin, Peter M ^a   Nolan, John P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

B phycoerythrin; Fluorescence imaging; Photobleaching; Rhodamine 6G; Single molecule detection; Total internal reflection

Indexed keywords

RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; PHYCOERYTHRIN; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0033168828     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990701)36:3<224::AID-CYTO12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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