Olympus' Cellsens Version 1.4 Software offers a platform for capturing and analysing microscope images, and is optimised for motorising microscope components.
Cellsens Version 1.4 will control all the automated functions and components for the company's recently introduced BX3 series motorised microscopes.
Two motorised BX3 microscope stands, the BX53 Motorized Advanced Research Microscope and the BX43 Motorized Research and Clinical Microscope, both of which take full advantage of the new software, were introduced earlier this week.
The software controls manual-encoded and motorised components for the two new Olympus microscope systems, including the instruments' revolving nosepieces, fluorescence illuminators, universal condensers and the attenuation wheel that controls the intensity of the mercury light source for research fluorescence imaging.
Cellsens has been designed to be fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) operating system.
A handset is available with many preset functions and can be customised so that specific hardware configurations can be turned into templates for repeated use in image capture or analysis.
If the user sets the microscope at 20x and the software for FITC, the system can auto-adjust all of the hardware and image-capture settings to deliver the optimal image results.
Cellsens can perform deconvolution, cell counting, large area stitching, fluorescence unmixing and data sharing functions quickly and intuitively.
Because the interface is simple to customise, users can streamline their individual workflows to provide more efficient imaging, processing, measurement, analysis and communication of their data.
Measurement and analysis tools include freehand drawing and magic wand selection tools, and the system now supports basic journaling.
Cellsens stores a record of all the image parameters together with each image captured, making it easy to return to the same vital settings with complete confidence in their accuracy.
This envelope data storage capability also helps researchers to collect, process and generate data more quickly and publish with greater ease.
