Biophysical Journal 15: 263-280 (1975)
© 1975 the Biophysical Society

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Analysis of fluorescence decay curves by means of the Laplace transformation.

ABSTRACT

A computational procedure is described for the analysis of fluorescence decay data convolved with a lamp flash of finite width. The computer program calculates the ratio of the Laplace transforms of the decay and the lamp flash for different values of s to give the transforms of the impulse response for each value of s. These are set equal to the analytical Laplace transforms of the decay law involved. Solution of the nonlinear simultaneous equations yields the desired decay parameters. The method can be modified to analyze data that contains a component due to scattered light and can also provide essential information regarding transit time changes of the photomultiplier with changes in emission wavelength. The method was tested by the analysis of real and simulated data. The accuracy of the analysis depends on the degree of correlation among the parameters.

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