Olympus has released the Multi-position Solution module for its Cellsens Dimension software, designed to make the study of large or complicated samples simple, flexible and precise.
The module works in tandem with the Cellsens Dimension multiple image alignment (MIA) tool to facilitate the simple creation of high-resolution, panoramic images capable of covering the complete microscope stage.
The Multi-position software is designed to allow the user to accurately and automatically investigate large or complicated samples without sacrificing magnification power or image quality.
Typically, the acquisition of microscope images has been a trade off between a need to capture pictures at a high level of magnification and a desire to maintain the widest possible field of view.
The Olympus Multi-position system allows multiple, high-resolution images to be systematically captured and then stitched together to create detailed panoramas, limited only by the size of the microscope stage.
The system is fully automated and customisable, providing the capacity to study as many areas of interest per sample as desired, or even the entire stage when necessary.
In this way, sequential time-lapse imaging across different areas of a specimen can boost the statistical relevance of the data collected.
As well as being fully compliant with Olympus hardware, the software integrates with a wide range of third-party stages, including those manufactured by Oasis, Prior, LUDL and Marzhauser.
In combination with other solution modules available for the Cellsens Dimension system, the Multi-position module removes the restrictions imposed by traditional image capture from a single field of view, making it possible to perform multiple fluorophore, 3D, time-lapse enabled imaging over an entire microscope stage.
