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panoptix™

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The first commercial light-sheet system purpose-built for expanded tissue. Built in partnership with 3i.

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The panoptix light-sheet microscope, three-quarter view
Inside panoptix

A closer look

  1. panoptix, front view

    Light sheet

    Light sheet
    Axially swept lightsheet microscopy (ASLM), 420 nm sheet thickness (FWHM, 488 nm)
    Lasers
    Up to 8 lines, 405 to 785 nm, up to 1 W (wavelength dependent)
    Speed
    0.4 Gigavoxels/s total
  2. panoptix with the sample door open, showing the objectives and sample chamber

    Objectives and sample chamber

    Detection
    1.0 NA water objective, 5.45 mm WD, 48× total magnification
    Illumination
    0.7 NA water objective, 10 mm WD
    Sample chamber
    Patented, index-matched, 10 × 22 × 5.4 mm max sample
  3. panoptix with the hexagon cover removed, showing the two cameras

    Cameras

    Cameras
    Dual Kinetix sCMOS, simultaneous multi-color, 3200 × 3200, 135 nm pixels
Why panoptix

Expanded tissue is hard to image

The first light-sheet system built for high-resolution expanded tissue imaging, with 2× better z-resolution than point-scanning confocal.

A 3D volume of expanded tissue acquired on panoptix
Acquired on panoptix. Volume: 518 µm in x, 1 mm along the long axis.
Specifications

panoptix at a glance

Light sheet
Axially swept lightsheet microscopy (ASLM)
420 nm sheet thickness (FWHM, 488 nm)
Detection
1.0 NA water objective, 5.45 mm WD, 48× total magnification
Cameras
Dual Kinetix sCMOS, simultaneous multi-color, 3200 × 3200, 135 nm pixels
Illumination
0.7 NA water objective, 10 mm WD
Lasers
Up to 8 lines, 405 to 785 nm, up to 1 W (wavelength dependent)
Sample chamber
Patented, index-matched, 10 × 22 × 5.4 mm max sample
Speed
0.4 Gigavoxels/s total

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