CINCHSCOPE
A complete all in one confocal super resolution microscope cost competitive and as easy to use as a standard fluorescence microscope
| Imaging Modes |
- Widefield
- FINCH super resolution holography
- Confocal spinning disk
- Confocal spinning disk & super resolution holography
- Simultaneous imaging of Widefield and FINCH holography or Confocal and FINCH confocal imaging (CINCH)
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| Super Resolution |
- 105 nm X,Y lateral resolution at 520nm wavelength
- 120 nm X,Y lateral resolution at 590nm wavelength
- ca. 350 nm Z resolution
- One image capture/plane to obtain super resolution images
- FINCH calculation and deconvolution in seconds
- No image artifacts or chromatic artifacts
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| Light Source/Fluorescence |
- Ultra-stable fluorescence 405, 445, 465, 522, 528, 555, 635 nm laser illumination
- Transmitted light illumination
- Quad band excitation filter/dichroic with individual band emission filters automatically selected during multiwavelength single or stack image capture
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| Automation |
- XYZ stage movement, objective piezo under joystick and computer control
- Auto objective switching between 10x and 60X or 100X 1.4-1.49 NA
- Automatic selection of confocal or widefield mode
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| Live Cell Imaging |
- Temperature and environmental atmospheric control for live cell samples.
- Uses standard fluorescent dyes
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| Cameras |
- Two 2Kx2K sCMOS cameras for hologram recording
- One 2Kx2K sCMOS camera for widefield and confocal imaging
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| Software
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- Full instrument control of hardware components
- Proprietary FINCH image calculation algorithms
- Deconvolution software
- Auto imaging options for single plane or 3D multi plane stack imaging with up to four different dyes at a time
- Quad band excitation/emission filters with individual dye emission filters automatically selected during multiwavelength single or stack image capture; custom color configurations also are enabled
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