CONFOCOR
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ConfoCor 3
Introduction to Laser Scanning Microscopy and Fluorescence …
Carl Zeiss
02/2010 M60-1-0025
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Computer Hardware and Software
The LSM 710 and LSM 780 systems-ConfoCor 3 are controlled via a standard high-end Pentium / Xeon
PC. Linking to the electronic control system is made via Gigabit Ethernet interface. The PC comes with
the WINDOWS XP / VISTA operating system.
The instrument is fully motorized, permitting fast change-over between methods as well as automatic
operation. Parameters once set or complex examination sequences once established can be saved and
reproduced; therefore, complete application programs can be loaded and performed by pushbutton
control.
The software of the LSM 710 and LSM 780 systems and ConfoCor 3 has two levels. On the simple
operator interface level, a result will be achieved after a few prompts; graphical prompting of the user in
conjunction with automatic setting of many parameters is an ideal tool for daily routine jobs. The expert
level offers perfect facilities for individual settings of functions and parameters.
Conversion of the light signals into a digital image is effected by means of four 12-bit A/D converters,
each of which can generate 4096 brightness levels.
The software provides an enormously wide range of image processing functions, including all standard
2D / 3D (stereo, projection) functions identical to sophisticated 3D reconstruction capabilities (surface and
alpha rendering), digital processing of voxels and 3D measurement functions (surface areas, volumes).
As all files and images are recorded in MS Access databases, elegant image database editing is just as
easy as transferring the records to other programs.
