A Personal Confocal Imager :The Scientist [6/6/2005]

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TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY

A Personal Confocal Imager

BD Biosciences releases new version of CARV system

The Scientist 2005, 19(11):35

BD Biosciences–Bioimaging Systems of Rockville, Md., has released a second-generation version of its CARV confocal imager. According to product manager Baggi Somasundaram, the CARV II is the only full spectrum (white-light), pinhole-based spinning disk confocal with real-time viewing and/or recording capabilities on the market. Competing products use either lasers, which are expensive, or slits instead of pinholes, which provide lower resolution. Laser-scanning confocals, with adjustable pinholes for variable Z-resolution, are too slow and harsh to be used for live-cell applications, he adds.


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