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Phasor plots and the future of spectral and lifetime imaging

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I share my opinions on the benefits of and bottlenecks for hyperspectral and time-resolved imaging. I also discuss current and future perspectives for analyzing these types of data using the phasor approach.

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Fig. 1: Phasor plots for HSI and FLIM.
Fig. 2: Measurement of absolute concentrations and membrane dynamics.

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L.M. is indebted to David M. Jameson for critical reading and valuable suggestions. L.M. is supported by the grants 2020-225439, 2021-240122 and 2022-252604 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; by FOCEM - Fondo para la Convergencia Estructural del Mercosur (COF 03/11); and by Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC) I+D – 2020 grant #606.

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