Development of a time domain fluorimeter for fluorescent lifetime multiplexing analysis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Salthouse, Christopher D ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a   Mahmood, Umar ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Biomedical imaging; Fluorescence; Optical pulses

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUOROMETERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MULTIPLEXING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENT LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NEW CLASSES; OPTICAL PULSES; ORGANIC DYES; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRAL SEPARATIONS; TIME DOMAINS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 56349090912     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2008.2003195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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