Nikon Instruments’ LiveScan Swept Field Confocal Microscope is the ideal lab kit for live cell confocal imaging with significant enhancements to aid scientific discovery.
The enhanced capabilities come from the design of a user-selectable aperture for excitation and emission, with choices of multiple pinholes or a slit scanning position.
Furthermore, the light path design of this confocal microscope reduces crosstalk and noise, usually inherent in live cell confocal microscopy.
Coupled with the capability to scan very rapidly for very short excitation periods to prevent phototoxicity, this Nikon confocal microscope is an incredibly appealing piece of scientific equipment.
Enhancements to boost live cell imaging include:
Greater aperture choices – By selecting from three pinhole radius sizes or four separate slit sizes, users can match the magnification and numerical aperture of the objective lens used. This means clearer images are possible, even in very high speed data acquisition.
Upright physiological microscope support – The microscope is fully integrated with the Nikon FN1 upright physiological microscope.
New laser options – New solid state laser, gas and high-powered water-cooled gas options are available.
Enhanced NIS-Elements user interface – Simple to learn and use, this level of control means experiments can be performed in up to six dimensions (X, Y positions, Z, time, wavelengths) with LiveScan and third party devices.
Faster speeds – The confocal microscope supports fast piezoelectric Z and traditional and EMCCD detectors.
Rapid scanning rates – Speeds in excess of 1,200 frames per second are possible in slit position, and 100 frames per sond in multi pinhole position.
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