Description
Handling, processing and visualising multidimensional images is very computer intensive. The Andor iQ workstation is a high end Desktop PC optimized for use with iQ and for handling large data sets which arise from experiments that employ Andor cameras.
Andor iQ is our flagship live cell imaging software, designed with flexibility and power in mind. iQ - image and quantify - occupies a central role in our Revolution® product range and provides optimized control of Andor’s award winning iXonEM+ EMCCD cameras and automation hardware for a range of Bioimaging applications. Continuous development and improvement ensures that Andor iQ represents a powerful and flexible core for live-cell imaging systems.
High frame rate CCD and EMCCD cameras deliver large amounts of data and demand high bandwidth operation for image streaming e.g. the DU885KCS running at 35 MHz delivers up to 70 MBs-1. Andor iQ provides a smart virtual memory system (ImageDisk) which transparently streams images to and from a disk drive during acquisition and analysis. To cope with these data rates and avoid operating system conflict we include a dual drive, 7200 rpm SATA RAID 0 disk, which is independent of Windows operating system demands. This configuration uses an internal data bus, freeing the PCI bus for camera transfers and other instrument control functions.
Features
- High end Windows™ workstation
- Acquisition bandwidth for dual camera support
- ImageDisk removes dependency on RAM for huge datasets
- Multi-core processors for multi-threaded software
- High performance graphics with OpenGL
- Fast LZ for best 4, 5 and 6D performance
- Real-time volume rendering