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Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility (MHMF.ORG) |
Comparison of Confocal Features
Confocal | Microscope | Laser Lines | x-z scanning | Image format | Viewing software | Time lapse | Spectral Scanning | Frap | Fret | Location |
Leica SP2 aobs | upright | 351 365 458 477 488 514 568 633 |
good | tiff | LCS lite | good | good | ok | good | Thurston Bowles (MHMF) |
Zeiss 510 Meta | inverted | 458 477 488 514 543 633 |
ok | zeiss tiff | Image Browser (Zeiss) |
good | good | good | ok | Thurston Bowles (MHMF) |
Perkin Elmer Yokogawa spinning disk | inverted | 488 568 647 |
no | tiff | + | Thurston Bowles (MHMF) |
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Leica 4D | inverted | 351 365 488 568 633 |
good | tiff | Thurston Bowles (MHMF) |
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LeicaTCS-NT | inverted & upright | 477 488 568 633 |
good | tiff | LCS lite | + | MBRB | |||
Zeiss 510 NLO | upright | 488 543 IR 2 photon |
no | zeiss | Image Browser (Zeiss) |
+ | Neurosci Research Building |
All systems can do serial sectioning by x-y scanning and changing focus.
Viewing software is available for use on PCs running Windows and is free.
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Last Updated: 2014-07-24 |