LightGateisaclever,filter-freemethodtoremoveunwantedsignalfromtheimagedata.Anadjustabletimegateswitchesoffthedatacollectionduringthewhitelightlaserpulse.Additionally,non-wantedfluorescencecanberemovedbyadjustingthetimegate.Thiswaythehighestimagecontrastwithoutanyreflectioncontributionisobtained.