| 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 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
... Read More | The Andor Software Development Kit (SDK) gives the programmer access to the Andor camera and spectrograph range. The key part of the SDK is the dynamic link library which can be used with a wide variety of programming environments including C, C++, C#, Visual Basic and LabVIEW.
The Andor Software Development Kit (SDK) gives the programmer access to the Andor camera and spectrograph range. The key part of the SDK is the dynamic link library which can be used with a wide variety of programming environments including C, C++, C#, Visual Basic and LabVIEW.
- Programming access to the Andor product range
- Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and Linux
- 32-bit and 64-bit versions available
- Control CCD temperature and shutter operations
Save and read files. The Andor Software Development Kit (SDK) gives the programmer access to the Andor camera and spectrograph range. The key part of the SDK is the dynamic link library which can be used with a wide variety of programming environments including C, C++, C#, Visual Basic and LabVIEW.
The SDK provides a suite of functions that allow you to configure the data acquisition process in a number of different ways. There are also functions to control the CCD temperature and shutter operations, and to save and read files. The driver will automatically handle its own internal memory requirements.
To use the SDK effectively the user must develop a software package to configure the acquisition, provide memory management, process the data and create the software interfaces.
The library is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7. Currently Andor provides both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the SDK. A Linux version of the SDK is also available.
... Read More | "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 "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.
Features
- Power and flexibility. Andor iQ the choice for building or enhancing systems.
- Multi-dimensional core. time-lapse, 3D, 4D, 5D and 6D imaging.
- Fast 4D imaging with hardware synchronization up to 100 sections per second
- Z-series imaging: deconvolution and 3/4D rendering module.
- Capture and visualization of multi-fluorescence or DIC/phasefluorescence.
- On-line data charting: for single, multi-channel, ratio and FRET imaging.
- Multi-field support (6D): enhanced experiment statistics and/or Montage
- Multi-well plate support: multi-treatment or dose response live-cell work.
"... Read More | Andor ‘SRRF-Stream’ is a Real-Time Super-Resolution Microscopy module that is offered as an extension of iXon Life and iXon Ultra EMCCD camera functionality. SRRF-Stream presents a powerful superresolution approach that is also widely accessible, being applicable to most existing modern fluorescenceAndor ‘SRRF-Stream’ is a Real-Time Super-Resolution Microscopy module that is offered as an extension of iXon Life and iXon Ultra EMCCD camera functionality. SRRF-Stream presents a powerful superresolution approach that is also widely accessible, being applicable to most existing modern fluorescence microscopes, and compatible with conventional fluorophores, such as fluorescent proteins. That is to say, with SRRF-Stream there is no requirement to use specialized photo-switchable fluorophores as is typically required for localisation super-resolution approaches. The resolving power of SRRF-Stream is excellent, yielding a resolution improvement between 2- and 6-fold (50-150 nm final resolution) for most datasets.
Key features of SRRF-Stream:
- Real Time – enhanced workflow, avoids post-processing.
- Super-Resolution - 2 to 6-fold improvement (50-150 nm final resolution).
- Low Excitation Intensities (mW-W/cm2) – prolonged live cell observations and accurate physiology.
- Conventional Fluorophores, e.g. GFP – simple labelling, no photo-switching required.
- Live Cell Dynamics – full FOV images every 1-2 sec. Smaller ROI sizes can readily achieve superresolution at > 10 Hz.
- Cost-Effective – convert conventional fluorescence microscopes to super-resolution microscopes: widefield, TIRF, confocal.
... Read More | This comprehensive Imaging, time-resolved, scanning and Spectroscopy software package has an extensive built-in programming language, AndorBasic, which has been specially designed to simplify even the most complex operations, As Andor Basic can be used to program image acquisitions, automate file This comprehensive Imaging, time-resolved, scanning and Spectroscopy software package has an extensive built-in programming language, AndorBasic, which has been specially designed to simplify even the most complex operations, As Andor Basic can be used to program image acquisitions, automate file storage, communicate with external devices and manipulate data, you can build macros to automate your experiment. Software for Imaging, Spectroscopy and Time-Resolved
This comprehensive Imaging, Time-Resolved and Spectroscopy software package has an extensive built-in programming language, AndorBasic, which has been specially designed to simplify even the most complex operations. For example, two images can be added and stored in a new data store by simply typing #3 = #1 + #2. Easy!
As Andor Basic can be used to program image acquisitions, automate file storage, communicate with external devices and manipulate data, you can build macros to automate your experiment.
Andor Solis (Imaging and Spectroscopy software solution) is Andor's camera control and analysis software platform, with versions specifically designed to run imaging, spectroscopy, time resolved cameras and associated accessories. It is easy to install and provides "state of the art" acquisition, display and processing capabilities.
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| Applications | Live Cell Imaging | Inquire | Fast 4/5D Microscopy, Ca2+ Ratio, FRET Imaging | Super-resolution, membrane fusion, synaptic vesicles, dendritic spine reformation, cell-to-cell communication | Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), combustion and Time-resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, fluorescence imaging, Bose-Einstein Condensation, single fluorophore labelling, upper atmosphere studies, X-ray studies, Raman imaging and Absorption - Transmission - Reflection Spectroscopy |