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What does autofluorescence mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) Self-induced fluorescence
  2. (biology) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest
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During an autofluorescence bronchoscopy, the bronchoscopist advances a flexible tube, or bronchoscope, into the lungs to look for cancerous tissue.
Fuchsin fluorescence and autofluorescence in Cryptosporidium, Isospora and Cyclospora oocysts.
Reduction of lipofuscin-like autofluorescence in fluorescently labeled tissue.
They measured the emission spectrum and attributed the autofluorescence to flavins.
Cytochemistry and autofluorescence observations were used to detect the presence of lignin and suberin in unfixed tissues.
Sumana Kommana and colleagues, from Rutgers University in New Jersey, used fundus autofluorescence to measure levels of the pigment in 38 young, healthy subjects.

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