Filter cubes with built-in ultrabright light-emitting diodes as exchangeable excitation light sources in fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Moser, C ^a   Mayr, T ^a   Klimant, I ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Light emitting diode; Luminescence lifetime imaging; Mercury arc lamp

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EMISSION FILTERS; EXCITATION LIGHT SOURCES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES; FRESNEL LENS; HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFUSERS; LIFETIME IMAGING; LIGHTEMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; LUMINESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; MERCURY ARC LAMP;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33745100472     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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