Patent ID: 8063386

Claim:
An apparatus for time-resolved fluorescent microscopy comprising: at least one optical source that provides an excitation radiation configured to utilize at least one scanning device, wherein the at least one scanning device is configured to move the excitation radiation across an area of a target, wherein the target is configured to receive the excitation radiation and emit fluorescence from an illumination area on the target; and at least one detector configured to detect the fluorescence emitted from the target, wherein the at least one detector is capable of random access reading of said fluorescence emitted from the target, wherein the random access reading of said fluorescence emitted from the target provides a detection region that is configured to be geometrically scaled to be larger than the illumination area on the target and the scanning device is configured to move the illumination area, wherein the at least one detector is configured to move said detection region in synchronization with the illumination area of the target, wherein the detection region is shifted with respect to an image of the illumination area of the target.