Luminescence digital imaging microscopy.

PRINCIPLES OF LUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY ................................•..........•...........•............ 273 Photometric Features of a Luminescence Microscope ............................................... 273 Performance Criteria................................................................................................ 276 Practical Considerations ................................. .......................................................... 276 SOLID-STATE CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE CAMERAS FOR LUMINESCENCE IMAGING .. ...... . ..... . 276 Properties of CCD Cameras ..................................................................................... 277 Applications of a CGD Camera ............................. ........ ........................................... 279 Photobleaching Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Digital Imaging Microscopy..... .......... .............................. ............................................... 281 Delayed Luminescence (Fluorescence and Phosphorescence) Digital Imaging Microscopy .............. .............................................................................. 284 SCANNING LUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPES......................................................................... 285 Confocal Microscopy ................................................................................................ 289 Optical Principles of Confocal Microscopy................................ ................ 289