Low-cost, frequency-domain, fluorescence lifetime confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-42

  Booth, M J ^a   Wilson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence lifetime; Laser diode; Quadrative demodulation

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER THEORY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; DIODE-LASER; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LASER ILLUMINATION; LOW-COSTS; PHASE-SENSITIVE DETECTION; QUADRATIVE DEMODULATION; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RAPID ACQUISITION;

DEMODULATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 1842558860     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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