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photomultiplier tube
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A photomultiplier is a device that is normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified. PMTs are typically used to detect SSC and fluorescent parameters. Cytometers have a PMT for each color they can collect.
Term info
Label
photomultiplier tube
definition source
http://cyto.mednet.ucla.edu/Protocols/flow.htm
editor preferred term
photomultiplier tube
example of usage
R9647 by manufactured by Hamamatsu
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123
term editor
John Quinn
Term relations
Subclass of:
- measurement device
- container
- has function some contain function
- has function some signal amplification function
- has function some measure function