Fluorescence lifetime imaging - techniques and applications

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-136

  Becker, W ^a  

^a BECKER AND HICKL GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

FLIM; FRET; TCSPC

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUOROPHORES; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTEINS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FÖRSTE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MEASUREMENTS OF; METABOLIC STATE; MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENT; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; TCSPC; TIME DOMAIN;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; METABOLISM; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 84863876597     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03618.x     Document Type: Article

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