Tissue Imaging Service—Olympus VS120 Slide Scanner

Depth imaging in tissue is one of the greatest challenges facing optical microscopists. As the depth into the sample progressively increases, scattering and various optical aberrations gradually deteriorate, ultimately placing a practical limit on the possible imaging depths. CD BioSciences can solve your challenges with our advanced equipment and we offer Olympus VS120 Slide Scanner-based tissue imaging services.

Name of the Instrument/Platform

Olympus VS120 Slide Scanner

Introduction

The system has a robotic arm used in conjunction with 2 × 50 slide racks allowing up to 100 slides to be put under the microscope objective one slide at a time. Then the system autofocuses onto the tissue on the slides, recognises the edges of the tissue and scans the entire tissue, stitching the image in real time, before moving onto the next slide. It also has the capability of performing a Z-stack of up to 50 µm, to achieve a fully stitched 3D construction of the tissue of interest.
This instrument also has a standalone analysis computer with software allowing for detailed image viewing and analysis of the massive files which are produced from the acquisition system.

Summary

This state of the art slide scanner allows researchers to observe labelled tissues on slides, using 5 channel fluorescence, dark field, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) and transmitted light modalities. Researchers can either acquire immunoflourescently labelled tissues, or typical staining procedures including DAB and H & E stained tissue.

CD BioSciences offers you a tissue imaging solution with unparalleled speed and excellent performance and flexibility, designed to provide the perfect research tool for the field of tumor immunology and digital pathology. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us.

For research use only, not intended for any clinical use.

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