| abstract |
An apparatus and method for fluorescent imaging. The apparatus includes a light-generating means for generating at least one modulated fluorescence excitation beam, a light retransmitting means for retransmitting the fluorescence excitation beam onto an area that is to be examined, a light-imaging means for imaging a fluorescent beam from the area to be examined onto a first image sensor, a control and evaluation means for controlling the light-generating means to power the first image sensor and for evaluating the data supplied by the first image sensor to generate a fluorescent image, where the fluorescent excitation beam may be continuously modulated, the first image sensor is a solid state detector that may be powered phase-sensitively, and the data supplied by the first image sensor contain pixel by pixel phase information on the fluorescent beam. |