Immunologists, oncologists and pharmacologists working in tumour, Aids and vaccine research or performing routine laboratory procedures will benefit from the specific features of this software
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging introduces software version 4.10 for KS Elispot and KS Elispot Compact, making Elispot microscopic examinations for the testing of immunotherapies and the development of vaccines even faster and more convenient.
The new software enables you to open the configuration and set the exposure time of the camera with only a single click of the mouse.
KS Elispot and AxioVision 4.6, which permit additional evaluations, operate on a single system without affecting each other.
In fluorescence applications, it is now possible to set the required parameters very quickly, ie, the tedious search through drop-down menus has become a thing of the past.
The possibility of changing the exposure time directly and not via the camera menu further facilitates operation and reduces the bleaching of fluorescence samples.
Activation of the re-evaluation of stored images can be blocked in the configuration file in order to prevent unintentional switching.
Furthermore, it is possible to add a neutral frame to the single well images, which can improve spot recognition in border regions.
The direct display of exposure time and binning for the AxioCam camera prevents images from being erroneously taken in the binning mode, ie, with reduced resolution.
For fluorescence images in particular, the fast adaptation of the exposure time is very beneficial.
The new computer generation of the Elispot systems once again considerably increases the speed of evaluations.
Combined with various microscope systems from Carl Zeiss, the KS Elispot software operating under Windows 2000 and Windows XP opens up new experiment possibilities.
In combination with the Stemi 2000 C stereomicroscopes, the KS Elispot compact enables evaluation of a 96-well plate in less than four minutes.
Depending on the magnification used, the research system with Axio Imager as the microscope base reaches pixel sizes between 2.0 and 4.0um, thus guaranteeing the recognition of even minute spots.
Together with the Axio Imager microscope, the AxioCam camera and suitable filters, KS Elispot also enables fluorescence Elispot evaluation.
