the signal processing unit being configured to calculate time averages of {TAIL ~ the weighted first signal component} and the weighted second signal component from a time when the object to be measured begins to enter the region to a time when the object to be measured begins to exit the region, to determine {HEAD ~ a phase difference} between the modulation signal and the signal of the fluorescence by using the calculated time averages 
the signal processing unit being configured to calculate time averages of { TAIL ~ the weighted first signal component } and the weighted second signal component from a time when the object to be measured begins to enter the region to a time when the object to be measured begins to exit the region , to determine { HEAD ~ a phase difference } between the modulation signal and the signal of the fluorescence by using the calculated time averages
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