Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging by Time-Correlated Single-Photon Counting

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Becker, Wolfgang ^a   Bergmann, A ^a   Hink, M A ^b   Konig K ^c   Benndorf, K ^d   Biskup, C ^d  

^a BECKER AND HICKL GMBH   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; FLIM; Fluorescence lifetime imaging; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; FRET; Multi wavelength; Multiphoton microscopy; TCSPC; Time correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GRAPHIC METHODS; LASER EXCITATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PULSED LASERS;

FLIM; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HISTOGRAMMING; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MULTIWAVELENGTH; TCSPC; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TIME-RESOLVED;

FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

DYE;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; FLOURESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; IMAGING; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; PHOTON DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TIME CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING;

EID: 0346121331     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10421     Document Type: Article

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