Electron multiplying CCD technology: Application to ultrasensitive detection of biomolecules

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4626, Issue , 2002, Pages 502-512

  Denvir, Donal J ^a   Coates, Colin G ^a  

^a OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCD; Electron Multiplying CCD; EMCCD; High Throughput Screening; Single Molecule Detection; Z factor

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; IMPACT IONIZATION; SCREENING; SILICON; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES;

BIOMOLECULES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING (HTS); SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION (SMD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036403540     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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