A CMOS in-pixel CTIA high-sensitivity fluorescence imager

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-458

  Murari, Kartikeya ^a   Etienne Cummings, Ralph ^b   Thakor, Nitish V ^a   Cauwenberghs, Gert ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA); complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager; fluorescence imaging; functional imaging; low light imaging; microscopy

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; LOW-LIGHT IMAGING;

CCD CAMERAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; LEAD OXIDE; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSISTORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 80255129359     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2114660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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