Laboratory Automation Software: Custom vs Off-the-Shelf
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Software and systems for advanced microscopy, including light sheet imaging, from instrument control to high-rate image acquisition.
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Microscope Hardware Synchronization: Galvos, Piezos, Lasers and Cameras
How microscopes synchronize galvos, piezos, lasers and cameras: hardware vs software timing, DAQ and FPGA architectures, and a light sheet sequence.
sCMOS vs EMCCD Cameras for Microscopy: How to Choose
sCMOS vs EMCCD scientific cameras compared: read noise, gain, sensor size, speed, and which suits light sheet, confocal and low-light microscopy.
Adaptive Optics Microscopy: Correcting Aberrations in Deep Tissue
How adaptive optics microscopy corrects tissue aberrations: wavefront sensing, deformable mirrors vs SLMs, sensorless methods and control software needs.
Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy: How It Works and Where It Fits
How lattice light-sheet microscopy creates ultrathin light sheets for live-cell 3D imaging, its dithered and SIM modes, AO-LLSM and engineering challenges.
Light Sheet Microscopy: How It Works, Types and Instrument Control
How light sheet microscopy works, its main types from SPIM to lattice and adaptive optics, how it compares with confocal, and how it is controlled.
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