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Here, a theoretical framework to analyze and compare several non-interferometric surface plasmon microscopes is proposed. The scope of the study is to (1) identify the strengths and weaknesses in each surface plasmon microscopes reported in the literature; (2) quantify their performance in terms of spatial imaging resolution, imaging contrast, sensitivity, and measurement accuracy for quantitative and non-quantitative imaging modes of the microscopes. Six types of non-interferometric microscopes were included in this study: annulus aperture scanning, half annulus aperture scanning, single-point scanning, double-point scanning, single-point scanning, at 45 degrees azimuthal angle, and double-point scanning at 45 degrees azimuthal angle. For non-quantitative imaging, there is a substantial tradeoff between the image contrast and the spatial resolution. For the quantitative imaging, the half annulus aperture provided the highest sensitivity of 127.058 rad\/\u03bcm2 RIU\u22121, followed by the full annulus aperture of 126.318 rad\/\u03bcm2 RIU\u22121. There is a clear tradeoff between spatial resolution and sensitivity. The annulus aperture and half annulus aperture had an optimal resolution, sensitivity, and crosstalk compared to the other non-interferometric surface plasmon resonance microscopes. The resolution depends strongly on the propagation length of the surface plasmons rather than the numerical aperture of the objective lens. For imaging and sensing purposes, the recommended microfluidic channel size and protein stamping size for surface plasmon resonance experiments is at least 25 \u03bcm for accurate plasmonic measurements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21155230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,2]],"date-time":"2021-08-02T08:44:11Z","timestamp":1627893851000},"page":"5230","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Performance Analysis of Non-Interferometry Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Sorawit","family":"Tontarawongsa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, King Mongkut\u2019s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Sarinporn","family":"Visitsattapongse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, King Mongkut\u2019s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9105-8627","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suejit","family":"Pechprasarn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Biomedical Engineering, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani 12000, Thailand"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Somekh, M.G., and Pechprasarn, S. 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