Precision of light intensity measurement in biological optical microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-174

  Bernas, Tytus ^a,b   Barnes, David ^c   Asem, Elikplimi K ^b   Robinson, J Paul ^b   Rajwa, Bartek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quantitative Imaging Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

CCD camera; Dynamic range; Fluorescence; Intensity resolution; Noise; Photon transfer; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIGITAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH-CONTENT SCREENING; INTENSITY RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT-INTENSITY MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS; NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; PHOTON TRANSFER; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM; STANDARDIZATION; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34247191952     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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