Time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence of arterial wall constituents: Deconvolution algorithm and spectrotemporal characteristics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2980, Issue , 1997, Pages 278-285

  Maarek, Jean Michel I ^a   Snyder, Wendy J ^a   Grundfest, Warren S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; COLLAGEN; CONVOLUTION; DECONVOLUTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ARTERIAL WALLS; DECAY COMPONENTS; DECONVOLUTING; DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; EXCITATION PULSES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; LAGUERRE EXPANSIONS; LAGUERRE FUNCTIONS; MCP-PMT; NITROGEN LASERS; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; RESOLVED FLUORESCENCES; SLOW DECAYS; TIME-RESOLVED; WEIGHTED SUMS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0041080111     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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