Noise-equivalent sensitivity of photoacoustics

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Winkler, Amy M ^a   Maslov, Konstantin ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic black body radiation; microscopy; Photoacoustic; single molecule; thermal noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; THERMAL NOISE;

ACOUSTIC BLACK BODY RADIATION; ACOUSTIC DETECTION SYSTEM; BLACK BODY RADIATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; METHYLENE BLUE; NARROW BANDS; OXYGENATED HEMOGLOBIN; SINGLE MOLECULE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

METHYLENE BLUE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BOVINAE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84887832260     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.9.097003     Document Type: Article

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