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PCI Motion Control in Microscope Automation

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The rapid communications speed, space-saving ability to plug directly into the computer bus, versatility and affordability of the PCI controller card make it a viable and sensible approach to the automation of microscope functions.

Michael DeJonge and James Hunt, Prior Scientific Inc.

Over the past 15 years, microscopes have been transformed from devices for which the operator had to adjust the stage position, focus, filters and shutters by hand, into advanced systems in which these functions are automated. This has paved the way for optical techniques such as calcium-ratio imaging, 4-D multidimensional imaging, precision deconvolution and time-dependence analysis. In the biological sciences, automation has saved investigators countless hours by allowing them to record data from live cells at numerous positions for time-lapse studies. In industrial applications,...Read full article

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    Published: July 2006
    Glossary
    focus
    1. The focal point. 2. To adjust the eyepiece or objective of a telescope so that the image is clearly seen by the observer. 3. To adjust the camera lens, plate, or film holder so that the image is rendered distinct. 4. To move an entire microscope body tube relative to a specimen to obtain the sharpest possible image.
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