Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Optical Molecular Imaging

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 680, Issue , 2011, Pages 165-180

  Kumar, Anand T N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; fluorescent proteins; lifetime; optical tomography; tissue optics

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79953138340     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-901-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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