Theoretical investigation of the signal-to-noise ratio in fluorescence lifetime imaging

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 368-379

  Philip, Johan ^a   Carlsson, Kjell ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DETECTION TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0037313033     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000368     Document Type: Article

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