UVP has announced the release of the iBox Explorer Fluorescence Microscope, which can be used for macro and micro in vivo animal fluorescent imaging.
The Explorer system combines the technology from its macro imager, the iBox Scientia Imaging System, with new micro-imaging technology that incorporates imaging of tissues, tissue margins and individual cells.
The Explorer provides advances with its dual lighting system and software-controlled objectives.
In addition to imaging both the whole organ and cells of small animals, the Explorer delivers optical configurations that are parcentred and parfocal, allowing seamless imaging through the magnification ranges.
The cooled colour camera enables quick detection, image capture and high throughput.
The software automates research with total system control and allows easy creation of templates for reproducible and consistent results.
One key component of the Explorer system is the Biolite Xe excitation light source, which provides a bright illumination source for fluorescent, visible and NIR ranges.
The Biolite Xe source houses a xenon lamp that allows brilliant excitation of fluorescent probes in a variety of applications.
The Biolite Xe includes a motorised filter wheel for the addition of up to eight independent excitation filters for convenient switching between experiments and multiplexing applications.
The iBox Explorer Fluorescence Microscope is suited for applications including: tumour shedding and angiogenesis; micro/macro metastases; tumour/host margins and interactions; tumour micro environment; primary tumour growth; hematogenous and Intralymphatic trafficking.
