| Literature DB >> 21471395 |
Jonathan D Driscoll1, Andy Y Shih, Satish Iyengar, Jeffrey J Field, G Allen White, Jeffrey A Squier, Gert Cauwenberghs, David Kleinfeld.
Abstract
We present a high-speed photon counter for use with two-photon microscopy. Counting pulses of photocurrent, as opposed to analog integration, maximizes the signal-to-noise ratio so long as the uncertainty in the count does not exceed the gain-noise of the photodetector. Our system extends this improvement through an estimate of the count that corrects for the censored period after detection of an emission event. The same system can be rapidly reconfigured in software for fluorescence lifetime imaging, which we illustrate by distinguishing between two spectrally similar fluorophores in an in vivo model of microstroke.Mesh:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21471395 PMCID: PMC3118755 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00649.2010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurophysiol ISSN: 0022-3077 Impact factor: 2.714