A SPAD-based pixel linear array for high-speed time-gated Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

ESSCIRC 2009 - Proceedings of the 35th European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 428-431

  Pancheri, Lucio ^a   Stoppa, David ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION TIME; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FILL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-SPEED; LASER REPETITION RATE; LINEAR ARRAYS; MAXIMUM THROUGH-PUT; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE;

ARRAY PROCESSING; AVALANCHE DIODES; FLUORESCENCE;

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EID: 72849145317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5325948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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