Paired with the Molecular Imager Gel Doc XR+ or Chemidoc XRS+ systems, the Image Lab software provides a fully automated image-capture and analysis system, said to deliver high-quality images.
Image Lab software is designed to change how researchers can use their gel-documentation systems by offering an automated system that requires no special training to operate.
Image Lab software optimises image capture, analysis and reporting in a single, automated workflow.
The software automatically calibrates the Gel Doc XR+ and Chemidoc XRS+ systems at initial setup so that when a sample is imaged for a given application, the picture is always in focus.
Flat fielding adjusts images for optical and illumination artifacts resulting from lens curvature and minor lighting variances.
Once flat fielding is completed at initial setup, it can be consistently applied to every image capture for improved data quality and reproducibility.
Flat fielding improves image uniformity by 45 per cent for chemiluminescent applications and 95 per cent for experiments using fluorescence.
Users can set up imaging protocols with the click of a mouse and the system will remember the entire workflow - from image capture to result - in a protocol file, removing the need to reset the imager each time a new gel or blot is loaded.
Once saved, the protocols can be edited, re-saved, re-applied and exchanged between users.
This enables identical or similar experiments to be performed by different users and repeated accurately and reproducibly.
Image Lab analysis tools create custom data reports and images that can be easily exported to various programs including Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel and Word.
Users can opt to manually analyse data when needed.
Image Lab is compatible with all current Mac and PC operating systems.
