Zeiss Axioscan.Z1 - Slide Scanner
The Axioscan is an automated slide scanner for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. Up to 100 slides can be loaded and scanned with 10x/0.45, 20x/0.8 or 40x/0.95 objectives.
High-quality virtual slides are created, that can be navigated, zoomed in, or shared. They can also be used for measurement and figure making.
Specifications
| Imaging |
Slide Scanner High-end brightfield Fluorescence |
| Detectors |
Brightfield: CCD Hitachi HV-F202CLS Fluorescence: AxioCam 712 |
| Light Sources |
Brightfield: VIS LED Fluorescence: Colibri.2 |
| Magazine | up to 100 slides |
| Software | Zeiss Zen Blue 3.5 |
| Slide holders |
25 holders for 4 slides 26x76 mm 1 holder for 2 slides 52x76 mm 2 holders for 1 slide 104x76 mm |
| Speed | 4 min for 15mmx15mm in Brightfield at 0.22um/px |
Objectives
| Objective | Mag. / NA | Working Distance |
| Plan Apochromat | 10x / 0.45 | 2 mm |
| Plan Apochromat | 20x / 0.8 | 0.55 mm |
| Plan Apochromat | 40x / 0.95 | 0.25 mm |
Light sources
| LEDs | Type and Power | Some dyes and use |
| 365nm | LED | DAPI, Hoechst, ... |
| 470nm | LED | GFP, AlexaFluor488, Cy2 |
| 555nm | LED | RFPs, AlexaFluor568, Cy3 |
| 625nm | LED | DRAQ5, Cy5, AlexaFluor648 |
Filter cubes for LEDs
| Fluorochrome | Excitation | Dichroic | Emission | Filter No |
| Blue | BP365/12 | FT395 | LP397 | 01 |
| Green | BP470/40 | FT495 | BP525/50 | 38HE |
| Red | BP550/25 (HE) | FT570 | BP605/70 | |
| Far Red | BP610/30 | FT660 | BP690/50 | 50 |
| Quadband | 387/485/559/649 |
410/504/582/669 |
440/521/607/700 |
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