Precision analysis for standard deviation measurements of single fluorescent molecule images

Details Precision analysis for standard deviation measurements of single fluorescent molecule images Precision analysis for standard deviation measurements of single fluorescent molecule images

2009-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/0908.0015v2

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Quantitative Methods

16 pages, 3 figures, revised

Scientific paper

Standard deviation measurements of intensity profiles of stationary single fluorescent molecules are useful for studying axial localization, molecular orientation, and a fluorescence imaging system's spatial resolution. Here we report on the analysis of the precision of standard deviation measurements of intensity profiles of single fluorescent molecules imaged using an EMCCD camera. We have developed an analytical expression for the standard deviation measurement error of a single image which is a function of the total number of detected photons, the background photon noise, and the camera pixel size. The theoretical results agree well with the experimental, simulation, and numerical integration results. Using this expression, we show that single-molecule standard deviation measurements offer nanometer precision for a large range of experimental parameters.

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