Applications of imaging fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Abstract

Imaging fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (imaging FCS), or the acquisition of fluorescence correlation functions at contiguous points in an imaging format, is a recent addition to quantitative bioimaging. Imaging FCS has been implemented in various modalities. These techniques provide excellent time resolution, have single molecules sensitivity and can be combined with super-resolution techniques, thus combining high spatial and temporal resolution. Although still at its beginning it has been applied in different forms to biological problems. This review looks at applications of imaging FCS in the last two years with the aim to give the reader an overview of the capabilities of these new techniques.