Advantages of ultrashort phase-shaped pulses for selective two-photon activation and biomedical imaging

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-181

  Schelhas, Laura T ^a   Shane, Janelle C ^b   Dantus, Marcos ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Pulse shaping; Selective excitation; Two photon imaging

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; PULSE SHAPING; SELECTIVE EXCITATION; TWO-PHOTON IMAGING;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CELLS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON INTRAPULSE INTERFERENCE PHASE SCAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748741629     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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