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Remote Sens. 2012, 4(1), 111-119; doi:10.3390/rs4010111

Communication

Beyond Range: Innovating Fluorescence Microscopy

Alessandro Esposito

The Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK

Received: 9 November 2011; in revised form: 20 December 2011 / Accepted: 29 December 2011 / Published: 5 January 2012

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Time-of-Flight Range-Imaging Cameras)

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Abstract: Time-of-Flight (ToF) technologies are developed mainly for range estimations in industrial applications or consumer products. Recently, it was realized that ToF sensors could also be used for the detection of fluorescence and of the minute changes in the nanosecond-lived electronic states of fluorescent molecules. This capability can be exploited to report on the biochemical processes occurring within living organisms. ToF technologies, therefore, provide new opportunities in molecular and cell biology, diagnostics, and drug discovery. In this short communication, the convergence of the engineering and biomedical communities onto ToF technologies and its potential impact on basic, applied and translational sciences are discussed.

Keywords: Time-of-Flight (ToF); fluorescence lifetime; microscopy

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