An automated multiwell plate reading flim microscope for live cell autofluorescence lifetime assays

Douglas J. Kelly; Sean C. Warren; Sunil Kumar; Joao L. Lagarto; Benjamin T. Dyer; Anca Margineanu; Eric W.-F. Lam; Chris Dunsby; Paul M. W. French

doi:10.1142/s1793545814500254

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