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Appendix F: Tools and Technologies
Pages 100-102

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... Autofluorescence: The natural emission of fluorescent light by biological structures. Conductive atomic force microscopy: A microscopy technique combining optical imaging with measures of electrical current.
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... Magnetic resonance imaging: An imaging technique that measures how atoms in the body respond to strong magnetic fields and radio waves, creating detailed images deep into living tissues. Magneto electroencephalography: A technique for mapping brain activity based on measuring magnetic fields produced by electrical currents.
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... Transient absorption spectroscopy: A technique of time-resolved spectroscopy that uses two laser pulses to measure absorption by a sample to detect ultrafast processes in biological systems. Ultrafast spectroscopy: Spectroscopic techniques that use ultrashort pulse lasers to measure molecular dynamics at timescales of attoseconds to nanoseconds Vibrational infrared photothermal amplitude and phase signal imaging: An imaging method that targets the resonances of compounds in the mid-infrared region, allowing the identification of chemicals in biological samples without using of labels.
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Key Terms

  • magnetic fields
  • microscopy technique
  • ultrafast processes
  • infrared light
  • yielding information

  • imaging method
  • cryogenic electron
  • measures physiological
  • living tissues
  • phase signal

  • measure ultrafast
  • allowing imaging
  • spectroscopic techniques
  • photons emitted
  • enable imaging

  • signal compared
  • measures photons
  • cells using
  • laser pulses
  • electrical currents

  • optical imaging
  • preselected molecules
  • femtosecond adaptive
  • multiphoton excitation
  • spin state

  • transient absorption
  • quantum mechanical
  • enabling magnetic
  • individual atoms
  • broadband fluorescence


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