Microscope Expands Scanning Area

Caliber I.D.’s RS-G4 is a new class of modular confocal microscope that delivers high resolution and clean contrast while overcoming limited scan areas.

Scanning large areas at fast speeds, the microscope cuts the time required for efficient study of next-generation large format samples including brain slices, plant cross-sections, or large fields of cells or tissue critical for high-throughput screening. On the hardware side, continual stage movement is coordinated with the resonant scanning of the confocal microscope. Simultaneously, a proprietary stitching algorithm assembles and aligns mosaic strips with pixel level resolution. Hardware and software control are integrated under an easy-to-use, intuitive GUI. Adding a new laser launch opens opportunities for fluorescence excitation at 405, 488, 561 and 640 nm. In addition, the instrument can collect large area 3-D image stacks that can be readily imported by any conventional processing package. All of this capability comes in a small 18” x 15” footprint.