Two-photon excited fluorescence lifetime measurements through a double-clad photonic crystal fiber for tissue micro-endoscopy

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Knorr, Florian ^a,b   Yankelevich, Diego R ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Wachsmann Hogiu, Sebastian ^b   Marcu, Laura ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Double clad photonic crystal fiber; Endoscopy; Fluorescence lifetime

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOLOGICAL FLUOROPHORES; DOUBLE-CLAD PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE DECAY PROFILE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; MICRO-ENDOSCOPY; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TISSUE AUTOFLUORESCENCE; TISSUE SPECIMENS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ENDOSCOPY; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; ENDOSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ENDOSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MUSCLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; TENDONS;

EID: 83155189053     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201100070     Document Type: Letter

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