High-speed FLIM data acquisition by time-correlated single photon counting

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5323, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-35

  Becker, Wolfgang ^a   Bergmann, Axel ^a   Biscotti, Giovanni ^a   Koenig, Karsten ^b   Riemann, Iris ^b   Kelbauskas, Laimonas ^c   Biskup, Christoph ^c  

^a BECKER AND HICKL GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; FLIM; Fluorescence lifetime imaging; FRET; TCSPC; Time correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IONS; PH; PHOTONS;

EMISSION SPECTRUM; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORPHORES; ION CONCENTRATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 5644235409     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.529113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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