QImaging optiMOS Scientific CMOS Camera0 pages

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The new sCMOS Camera and CCD
alternative from QImaging
Scientific CMOS
Optimized for Microscopy
As life science research delves deeper into
investigating cellular dynamics, mechanisms
and electrochemical signaling, the need
for resolving high speed, low light events
continues to increase.
Since the inception of digital microscopy,
scientific grade CCD cameras have
been the gold standard for fluorescence
imaging due to their sensitivity and low
noise characteristics. However, many cell
mechanisms occur on very short time scales
and emit low luminescence signals when
fluorescently labeled. To sufficiently document

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used must be provide adequate temporal and

Study high speed cell
dynamics with greater
temporal resolution

spatial resolution while maintaining a good

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these cellular interactions, the imaging device

t 100 frames per second

signal to noise ratio. Due to the inherent

benefits
tCapture 10x the time resolution of typical CCD
cameras
<tTrack high speed dynamic events previously
undetected including vesicle formation, protein
transport, and calcium wave propagations
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architecture of CCDs, achieving high frame
rates in combination with low noise and high
resolution is simply outside the realm of their
intended use.

See more, faster
t 2.1 megapixels with
t 6.5µm pixels
<t 14.3mm diagonal
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tStream 100fps with a 45% larger FOV than
standard 1.4MP fluorescence CCD cameras
<tCapture more events in a single image –
increase throughput
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optiMOS from QImaging is the live cell
replacement to CCD cameras.
Featuring faster frame rates and lower
noise, optiMOS was designed as the budget
friendly alternative that avoids complex data
management in the PC. Capable of streaming

Eliminate the tradeoffs
between speed and
sensitivity
t <2e- read noise

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t<2e- of noise enables high frame rates without
compromising on sensitivity
<tCapture high speed details and maintain your
SNR
<tPreserve cell vitality with shorter exposures
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100fps with a 45% larger FOV and <2e- of
read noise, optiMOS delivers 10x the time
resolution of CCD cameras without trading
off on resolution or sensitivity.
Offered as the affordable sCMOS solution,
optiMOS brings the advantages of low noise
and high speed imaging to a broader range of
cell biology applications.

High Speed Imaging without
Complexity
t Proprietary High Speed
t Data Interface
<t 420MB/s data rate
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tStream 100fps to a single PCIe Solid State Drive
tDoes not require complex and expensive RAID 0
configurations with multiple SSD drives

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