Digital micromirror device as a spatial illuminator for fluorescence lifetime and hyperspectral imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1193-1199

  Bednarkiewicz, Artur ^a   Bouhifd, Mounir ^a   Whelan, Maurice P ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; DIGITAL MICRO-MIRROR DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; LASER DIODE EXCITATION; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION; TARGET IDENTIFICATION;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249095166     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001193     Document Type: Article

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