title: Graphical representation and multicomponent analysis of single-frequency fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy data.
abstract: Graphical representation of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy data demonstrates that a mixture of two components with single exponential decays can be resolved by single frequency measurements. We derive a method based on linear fitting that allows the calculation of the fluorescence lifetimes of the two components. We show that introduction of proper error-weighting results in a non-linear method that is mathematically identical to a global analysis algorithm that was recently derived. The graphical approach was applied to cellular data obtained from a lifetime-based phosphorylation assay for the epidermal growth factor receptor and yielded results similar to those obtained by a global analysis algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, PO Box 2008, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia.
authors.forename: A H A
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Verveer
mesh_terms: D002232:Carbocyanines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C089187:cyanine dye 3; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D066246:ErbB Receptors