Imaging Workbench 9
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- Imaging Workbench 9
Image Acquisition
- Acquire images in ratiometric and nonratiometric modes
- Acquire images using one or two dye-sets. Either can be ratiometric or nonratiometric
- Simultaneous control of excitation and emission wavelength for each dye-set
- Live video mode for focusing
- Shading correction (see image below)
- ΔF/F0 for any nonratiometric wavelengths; F0 can be averaged to a low-noise image
- Background subtraction
- View and save a smaller acquisition area in the field of view to accelerate acquisition and save hard disk space
- Store images to a ring buffer for the highest performance
- Always-on-top Acquisition Control Panel for on-the-fly changes to acquisition parameters
Image Display
- Multiple image display
- Generates ratio images, pseudocolor mapped based on ratio or intensity values
- Annotates image files with comment tags and voice tags
- Prints on-line graphs. Copy and paste graphs into other programs
- Dragging a "sync" cursor along the time-axis of the graph will automatically display the image acquired
- at the corresponding time (see below)
Timing Control
- Switch acquisition rates at will when recording continuously
- Allows episodic acquisition protocols, e.g. with electrophysiology
- Precise timing control of camera, wavelength changers and shutter devices
- Timing Overview window that illustrates device control and image acquisition timing, allowing
- for precise calculation of fluorescence exposure cycles
Concurrent Imaging and Electrophysiology
- Imaging Workbench 6 has enhanced features for cooperative, simultaneous imaging and electrophysiology
- when used in conjunction with 8 through 10.
- IW is also compatible with PatchMaster v2 from Heka.
- Runs concurrently with Clampex or PatchMaster
- Receives software trigger from Clampex to start image acquisition
- Digital outputs are sent through the INDEC BioSystems DIO-3 interface box or equivalent. Digital inputs
- to the DIO-3 can trigger image acquisition
- Displays electrophysiology data, fluorescence intensities and/or ion concentrations in the same graph
- A "sync" cursor can be placed anywhere on the electrophysiology data, and the image acquired
- at the corresponding time will be automatically displayed