Advanced Digital Technology Breaking Ground in Light Microscopy

With relatively few progressions in conventional optical microscopy during the past decade, pushing through the physical limitations of these systems has proven to be challenging. Engineers have developed solutions to some of the limitations in modern micro-analysis that had appeared to reach a stand-still. Using an integrated design approach, the VHX-1000 digital microscope system has been developed that overcomes many of the shortcomings of conventional optical microscopes. A built-in 17" monitor eliminates the need for eye-pieces while advanced zoom lenses stretch the depth of field as much as 20x that of conventional microscopes. Using a sophisticated, real-time image stitching capability, high resolution imaging in 2 or 3 dimensions can now be done on larger samples. By combining newly developed optical, imaging and measurement technologies, we can capture 54 Mega Pixel, 3CCD, 16-bit images from any angle without special mounting or hand-manipulation of samples, thus launching microscopy into the next generation.