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Andor’s Supercharged <strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> EMCCD<br />
Accelerated!<br />
New<br />
NOW AVAILABLE WITH<br />
OPTICALLY CENTRED CROP MODE<br />
ENABLING<br />
LIVE CELL SUPER-RESOLUTION<br />
MICROSCOPY<br />
<strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> EMCCD<br />
and <strong>Opto</strong>Mask<br />
Achieve 569 fps from a 128 x 128 centralized ROI<br />
Limited time offer ...<br />
Purchase:<br />
• <strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> 512x512 back-illuminated EMCCD camera<br />
• Receive a FREE <strong>Opto</strong>Mask<br />
<strong>Bundle</strong><br />
Offer<br />
Andor’s new ‘supercharged’ <strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> 897 back-illuminated<br />
EMCCD is now overclocked to 17 MHz, performing more than<br />
60% faster.<br />
Combine with the <strong>Opto</strong>Mask accessory to operate in Crop<br />
Mode, boosting Region of Interest acquisition to unparalleled<br />
speeds, for example achieving 569 fps from a 128 x 128 ROI<br />
(optically centred on the sensor).<br />
Applications:<br />
• Single Molecule<br />
• Super-resolution (inc. Live cell)<br />
• Calcium / Ion signalling<br />
• Vesicle trafficking<br />
• Voltage sensitive dyes<br />
• Cell Motility
Crop Mode Explained<br />
In Crop Mode, the user defines a ‘Region of Interest’ that encompasses the part of the image where change<br />
is rapidly occurring, e.g. a ‘calcium spark’ within a cell. The sensor subsequently “imagines” that it is of this<br />
smaller defined array size, achieved through special readout patterns, and reads out at a proportionally faster<br />
frame rate. The smaller the defined array size, the faster the frame rate achievable.<br />
Since in Crop Mode pixels outside the ROI are effectively ignored during readout, one has to ensure that no<br />
light is falling on the light sensitive area outside of the defined region. Any light collected outside the cropped<br />
area could corrupt the images which were acquired in this mode. This is now facilitated using the <strong>Opto</strong>Mask<br />
accessory, which can be flexibly adjusted to match whatever ROI size is required to frame the observed<br />
section. In contrast, a ‘conventional’ ROI readout carries the significant overhead of having to shift and<br />
discard unwanted pixels. As such, Crop Mode has the end result of achieving a much faster frame rate than<br />
that obtainable in a conventional ROI, but can still be centrally located within the sensor.<br />
Head Office<br />
7 Millennium Way<br />
Springvale Business Park<br />
Belfast BT12 7AL<br />
Northern Ireland<br />
Tel: +44 (28) 9023 7126<br />
Fax: +44 (28) 9031 0792<br />
North America<br />
425 Sullivan Avenue<br />
Suite 3<br />
South Windsor, CT 06074<br />
USA<br />
Tel: +1 (860) 290 9211<br />
Fax: +1 (860) 290 9566<br />
<strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> EMCCD<br />
• Single Photon Sensitive<br />
• Back-illuminated 512 x 512 sensor<br />
• > 90% QE<br />
• 56 fps full frame<br />
• 595 fps from 128 x 128 (cropped sensor)<br />
• -100°C cooling<br />
• USB 2.0<br />
<strong>Opto</strong>Mask<br />
• Flexible optical masking of sensor<br />
• 4x adjustable blades<br />
• Fits easily onto microscope C-mount<br />
• Designed for cropped sensor mode<br />
Frame rates available from <strong>iXon</strong> <strong>Ultra</strong> 897 in cropped sensor mode<br />
‘Optically Centred’ ROI speeds shown in brackets.<br />
Array Size<br />
Binning 256 x 256 128 x 128 64 x 64 32 x 32 512 x 100 512 x 32<br />
1 x 1<br />
2 x 2<br />
4 x 4<br />
111<br />
(174)<br />
215<br />
(329)<br />
402<br />
(594)<br />
595<br />
(569)<br />
1,085<br />
(1,014)<br />
1,802<br />
(1,662)<br />
1,433<br />
(1,492)<br />
2,433<br />
(2,329)<br />
3,577<br />
(3,237)<br />
3,532<br />
(3,024)<br />
5,325<br />
(4,054)<br />
6,579<br />
(5,252)<br />
296 857<br />
570 1,589<br />
1,050 2,682<br />
Japan<br />
4F NE Sarugakucho Building<br />
2-7-6 Sarugaku-Cho<br />
Chiyoda-Ku<br />
Tokyo 101-0064<br />
Japan<br />
Tel: +81 (3) 3518 6488<br />
Fax: +81 (3) 3518 6489<br />
China<br />
Room1213, Building B<br />
Luo Ke Time Square<br />
No. 103 Huizhongli<br />
Chaoyang District<br />
Beijing 100101<br />
China<br />
Tel: +86 (10) 5129 4977<br />
Fax: +86 (10) 6445 5401<br />
Request a quote now: andor.com/ultraoptobundle<br />
Offer ends 30 th September 2013<br />
Crop Mode is recommended with the following software options:<br />
• Andor Solis*<br />
• Andor SDK*<br />
• Metamorph<br />
• NIS Elements*<br />
• Image Pro<br />
• µManager*<br />
• LabVIEW*<br />
• MatLab*<br />
* Compatible now with new ‘Optically Centred Crop Mode’.
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