Zhou Xiangnan, Bec Julien, Ehrlich Katjana, Garcia Alba Alfonso, Marcu Laura
Opt Lett. 2023 Sep 1;48(17):4578-4581. doi: 10.1364/OL.490096.
This Letter presents an experimental study comparing the photon rate and photon economy of pulse sampling fluorescence lifetime imaging (PS-FLIm) with the conventional time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) technique. We found that PS-FLIm has a significantly higher photon detection rate (200 MHz) compared with TCSPC (2-8 MHz) but lower photon economy (4-5 versus 1-1.3). The main factor contributing to the lower photon economy in PS-FLIm is laser pulse variability. These results demonstrate that PS-FLIm offers 25× faster imaging speed than TCSPC while maintaining room light rejection in clinical settings. This makes PS-FLIm a robust technique for clinical applications.
本信函展示了一项实验研究,该研究比较了脉冲采样荧光寿命成像(PS-FLIm)与传统时间相关单光子计数(TCSPC)技术的光子速率和光子经济性。我们发现,与TCSPC(2-8MHz)相比,PS-FLIm具有显著更高的光子检测率(200MHz),但光子经济性较低(4-5对1-1.3)。导致PS-FLIm中光子经济性较低的主要因素是激光脉冲的可变性。这些结果表明,PS-FLIm在临床环境中保持对室内光线的抑制能力的同时,成像速度比TCSPC快25倍。这使得PS-FLIm成为一种适用于临床应用的强大技术。