Analytical method for localizing a fluorescent inclusion in a turbid medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2131-2137

  Laidevant, A ^a   Da Silva, A ^a   Berger, M ^a   Boutet, J ^a   Dinten, J M ^a   Boccara, A C ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; LIGHTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS;

FLUORESCENT INCLUSION; RESPONSE FUNCTION; TIME RESOLVED TECHNIQUES;

TURBIDITY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 34248167105     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.002131     Document Type: Article

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