MINIMIZING EXCITATION LIGHT LEAKAGE AND MAXIMIZING MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING WITH NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE

BANGHE ZHU; EVA M. SEVICK-MURACA

doi:10.1142/s1793545811001563

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