Zeiss Axioscan 7 - Slide Scanner
Modalities: High-performance Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization
Overview
Zeiss Axioscan 7 combines high speed digitization and outstanding image quality plus an unrivaled variety of imaging modes in a fully automated and easy to operate system. ZEISS Axioscan 7 has a 100 slide capacity and is able to produce digitized slides at dramatically improved speed, thanks to hardware components designed for extended, uninterrupted operation.
Highlights:
- Fully motorized condenser, powerful light sources and sensitive cameras ensure 24/7 scan performance, whether you have many similar slides or mixed applications to process.
- ZEISS Axioscan 7 allows rapid switching among fluorescence, brightfield and polarization scanning modes, with the highest quality fast and gentle imaging fully available to you in each of these modes.
- ZEN Slidescan is integrated within the powerful ZEN imaging software, which provides access to numerous additional processing and analysis functions.
- Axioscan 7 employs swift and reproducible LED illumination, fast filter wheels, and a sophisticated filter concept to efficiently
Imaging Modalities
- Wide field fluorescence- Highly Productive Fluorescent Imaging
- Fast Brightfield Mode
- Multi-point x,y (2D) with tiling
- Volume x,y,z (3D)
- Phase contrast
- TIE Contrast
- Polarisation Mode
Further info can be found here.
Specification
Objectives
Magnification |
NA |
Coverslip |
Other modes |
Immersion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 0.12 | 0.17 | Air | |
| 5 | 0.25 | 0.17 | Air | |
| 10 | 0.45 | 0.17 | Air | |
| 20 | 0.045 | 0.17 | POL | Air |
| 20 | 0.8 | 0.17 | Air |
|
| 40 | 0.95 | 0.17 | Corr | Air |
Filters (epi)
Cube |
Example fluorophores |
Excitation |
Dichroic |
Emission |
Part number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeiss 49 | DAPI, Hoechst | 335-385 | 395 | 420-470 | |
|
Zeiss 38 HE |
GFP, FITC, AF488 | 450-490 | 495 | 500-550 | |
| Zeiss 43 HE | CY5, AF647 | 625-645 | 660 | 675-715 | |
| Zeiss 90HE | DAPI/GFP/CY3/CY5 | ||||
| Zeiss 91HE | CFP/YFP/mCherry | ||||
| Zeiss 110HE | DAPI/GFP/CY3.5/CY7 | ||||
| Zeiss 96HE | BF |
Light source (epi)
X-cite Xylis LED
Cameras
Axiocam 705 Colour
Axiocam 712 Mono
Zeiss Axiocam 105