Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
The GenePix
®
Professional 4200A is the latest microarray scanner from Axon
Instruments. It has several enhanced features for high performance quantitative
imaging set by the benchmark GenePix 4000 series scanners. Key features of the
4200A are:
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Up to four internally installed laser excitation sources;
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Gradient neutral density wheel permitting 5–100% laser transmission;
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Data Scan resolution from 5
µ
m to 100
µ
m;
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Fast Preview Scan at 40
µ
m;
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Uses 16-bit ultra-low noise digitization;
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Dynamic range of 10
4
;
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Easy-access 16-position emission filter wheel with standard filters for each
laser installed at the factory;
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Full integration with GenePix Pro and Acuity software.
Axon Instruments has consulted widely among the scientific pioneers of microarray
techniques to produce an instrument that fulfills all their image acquisition and
primary analysis needs.
Chapter 1
