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ArticleJournal of fluorescence2017

Development of Low-Cost Instrumentation for Single Point Autofluorescence Lifetime Measurements.

João Lagarto, Jonathan D Hares, Christopher Dunsby, Paul M W French

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Article in Journal of fluorescence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

João LagartoPhotonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. jlagarto@cirklo.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-8923
Jonathan D HaresKentech Instruments Ltd., Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BD, UK.
Christopher DunsbyPhotonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Paul M W FrenchPhotonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autofluorescence lifetime measurements, which can provide label-free readouts in biological tissues, contrasting e.g. different types and states of tissue matrix components and different cellular metabolites, may have significant clinical potential for diagnosis and to provide surgical guidance. However, the cost of the instrumentation typically used currently presents a barrier to wider implementation. We describe a low-cost single point time-resolved autofluorescence instrument, exploiting modulated laser diodes for excitation and FPGA-based circuitry for detection, together with a custom constant fraction discriminator. Its temporal accuracy is compared against a "gold-standard" instrument incorporating commercial TCSPC circuitry by resolving the fluorescence decays of reference fluorophores presenting single and double exponential decay profiles. To illustrate the potential to read out intrinsic contrast in tissue, we present preliminary measurements of autofluorescence lifetime measurements of biological tissues ex vivo. We believe that the lower cost of this instrument could enhance the potential of autofluorescence lifetime metrology for clinical deployment and commercial development.

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Fiber Optic TechnologyFluorescenceLasers, SemiconductorAnimalsFluorescent DyesKidneySheepSpectrometry, FluorescenceFluorescent DyesAutofluorescenceFibre-opticFluorescence lifetimeLow-costTime-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

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PMID28540652
PMCPMC5583312

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