Fluorescence lifetime imaging for the two-photon microscope: time-domain and frequency-domain methods

被引:188
作者
Gratton, E [1 ]
Breusegem, S [1 ]
Sutin, J [1 ]
Ruan, QQ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Fluorescence Dynam Lab, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
关键词
fluorescence lifetime imaging; frequency domain; time domain; two-photon microscopy;
D O I
10.1117/1.1586704
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Fluorescence lifetime images are obtained with the laser scanning microscope using two methods: the time-correlated single-photon counting method and the frequency-domain method. In the same microscope system, we implement both methods. We perform a comparison of the performance of the two approaches in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the speed of data acquisition. While in our practical implementation the time-correlated single-photon counting technique provides a better SNR for low-intensity images, the frequency-domain method is faster and provides less distortion for bright samples. (C) 2003 Society of Photo-Optical.
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页数:10
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