Title :
Design and implementation of a luminometer: measuring bioluminescence
Author :
Heimer, M.L. ; Salinger, J.D. ; Sobodowski, J. ; Thornthwaite, J. ; Andreotti, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
The luminometer performs bioluminescence assays by recording the light produced by a biochemical reaction. The nature of the reactions, the optical configuration of the instrument, and the sensor system are discussed. The choice of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) as a detector and the design of the PMT electronics are also discussed. Some measurement results from a breadboard system are presented
Keywords :
biological techniques and instruments; chemiluminescence; biochemical reaction; bioluminescence measurement; breadboard system; luminometer; optical configuration; photomultiplier tube; Bandwidth; Bioluminescence; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemicals; Instruments; Nanobioscience; Optical sensors; Pulse amplifiers; Testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96340
