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What to Expect: Fluorescence microscopy

By Dr. Linh Ahmed, MD · · Laboratory Medicine

Our Laboratory Medicine team put together this overview of fluorescence microscopy for patients and families.

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Topic: fluorescence microscopy. Measurement of absorption of light energy (a photon) by an indicator followed by the emission of some of this light energy (as another photon) a few nanoseconds later.

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