Standardization of fluorescence measurements: Criteria for the choice of suitable standards and approaches to fit-for-purpose calibration tools

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1130, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-43

  Resch Genger, Ute ^a   Hoffmann, Katrin ^a   Hoffmann, Angelika ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration, metrology; Day to day intensity standard; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluorescence standard; Spectral correction

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 47349127042     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1430.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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