MEASUREMENT OF FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES USING MINIMUM NORM AND MULTIPARAMETER DECONVOLUTION

Abdussamad Umar Jibia

Abstract


A new method of fluorescence decay analysis is presented. The method relies on the classical Gardner transform to convert the fluorescence decay data into a convolution model which is deconvolved using multipara meter deconvolution technique. Minimum norm eigenvector method is then used to further model the resulting complex exponentials to obtain better estimates of fluorescence decay rates and number of components. Simulation results indicate that the SNR detection threshold is very low compared with several other methods. Fluorescence decay data is finally post processed using the proposed approach. 


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