Choosing an Instrument

Imaging Systems Overvew

System

Brand

Modes

Stand

Fluoview-1000

Olympus

Confocal, DIC, 3D, 4D, montage

Inverted

Marianas

3i*

Epi-fluor, BF, DIC, 3D, 4D, montage

Inverted

Opiphot/Spot

Nikon/Diag. Inst.

Epi-fluor, BF, Phase, DF

Upright

*Intelligent Imaging Innovations, Inc., Denver, CO

Confocal - laser scanning confocal microscope
DIC - differential interference contrast (Nomarski)
BF - brightfield transmitted light
Epi-fluor - widefield epi-fluorescence
Phase - phase contrast
DF - dark field illumination.