Minimizing excitation light leakage and maximizing measurement sensitivity for molecular imaging with near-infrared fluorescence

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Zhu, Banghe ^a   Sevick Muraca, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

excitation light leakage; fluorescence; Molecular imaging; noise floor; optical filter

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; EXCITATION LIGHT; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; NOISE FLOOR; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHANTOM STUDIES; REJECTION FILTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TRANSMISSION RATIOS;

INFRARED DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79960793858     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545811001563     Document Type: Article

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