Two-photon excitation microscopy using the second singlet state of fluorescent agents within the "tissue optical window"

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Pu, Yang ^a   Shi, Lingyan ^b   Pratavieira, Sebastião ^a,c   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENT AGENTS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MICROSCOPE IMAGING; NEAR-INFRARED EMISSIONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; SALIENT FEATURES; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPIES;

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84886580397     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4825319     Document Type: Article

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