Preclinical

Acquisition System OptiScan

With the Optix MX3 OptiScan acquisition software you can quickly create a study, select the scan settings, and define a region of interest for scanning. The acquisition system then generates all data required for intensity image maps or for full quantitative analysis. Total scan time is of the order of minutes, depending on the selected scanning area and resolution. Signal conditioning and data processing are done automatically after acquisition.

Features Summary

• Wizard-like interface guides you through experiment workflow.
• Provides default settings optimized for the most popular type of studies.
• Flexible scanning options — whole body, polygon, line scan, and point scan — within a scanning area of 200 mm by 90 mm.
• Allows manual optimization of some parameters, such as laser power and integration time.
• Automated naming and archiving of results data.
• Saves all experimental settings required for repeating a study and allows importing and reusing parameters and settings from archived studies.
• Monitors animal presence during scanning. Automatically stops measurements if a significant position change is detected.
• Automated calibration processes to ensure repeatability and built-in tests that support self-diagnostics.

OptiScan acquisition software

Controls available on the OptiScan toolbar

1. Power On/Power Off. Power or turn-off the system components.
2. Scan. Start a new study. Refer to following flowchart for scanning details.
3. Verify System. Verify the status of the system prior to scanning.
4. Message Viewer. Open the Logs viewer, which displays errors, warnings, and other information.
5. View Results. Open a scan in OptiView.
6. Exit. Closes the main application window. Exit is enabled at all times, except the system is performing a scan or when a dialog is open.
7. About. Displays the part number and software version.
8. Laser Status. Indicates the status of the laser — On or Off.

OptiScan provides a wizard-like interface, illustrated below, for creating a new study and selecting the scan settings of an experiment. The scan settings include the experiment details – specimen ID, experiment type, and compound injection time – as well as the region of interest and power settings. Selecting these parameters can usually be accomplished in a few minutes. Continuing a study with same compound and region of interest requires only minimal additional data input.