Using POPOP's Viscosity Dependent Lifetime as a Picosecond Resolution Standard in Near-UV Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4962, Issue , 2003, Pages 143-150

  Mycek, Mary Ann ^a   Urayama, Paul ^a   Heyman, Katherine ^b   Bussey, Megan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Endogenous fluorescence; Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy; Lifetime standard; POPOP; Temporal resolution; UV excitation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCEROL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY (FLIM);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0242578724     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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