Table 2 Fluorescence Lifetime measurements of our human samples series.

From: Multimodal optical analysis discriminates freshly extracted human sample of gliomas, metastases and meningiomas from their appropriate controls

Lifetime values (ns)

Glioma Group

Metastasis Group

Control Group

Meningioma Group

Meningioma control Group

(n = 16)

(n = 14)

(n = 11)

(n = 8)

(n = 5)

Parameter

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

λ exc  = 375 nm

NADH

4.01 (1.29)

4.05 (1.02)

3.41 (0.80)

3.94 (0.58)

5.30 (0.30)

FAD

3.88 (1.18)

4.29 (0.81)

3.87 (0.56)

3.90 (0.69)

5.22 (0.27)

λ exc  = 405 nm

NADH

2.55 (0.61)

2.71 (0.51)

3.38 (0.62)

3.22 (0.73)

4.58 (0.98)

FAD

2.71 (0.64)

2.71 (0.53)

3.29 (0.55)

3.27 (0.67)

4.83 (0.87)

Lipopigment

3.80 (1.18)

3.66 (0.80)

5.21 (2.72)

3.86 (0.88)

9.58 (5.16)

Porphyrin I

2.57 (0.88)

3.00 (1.17)

2.92 (1.12)

2.60 (0.46)

4.00 (0.88)

Porphyrin II

2.41 (1.19)

2.53 (1.16)

2.96 (0.92)

1.91 (0.36)

3.25 (0.77)