PANNORAMIC® CONFOCAL RX 1.0
SCANNING MODES AND SETTINGS
MAY 13, 2021
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FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES .
Scanmap
A previously saved scanmap can be loaded and applied.
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Use Threshold:
Preview settings defined in the Microscope Controller Panel /
Preview window are applied as the basis of scanmap.
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Load scanmap:
This function is useful if the slides contain areas of interest that
cannot be detected by the preview camera. This function along with saving
profiles helps to scan all slides with the most adequate settings.
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To load a mask, click
Load
. It will display a drop-down menu. Select whether to
load preview mask or TMA grid.
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Custom scanmap:
The scanmap draws manually on the preview image is used for
scanning.
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Use selection box restriction:
If selected, only the area inside the box is scanned.
It is useful if you only want to scan the area that is equivalent with the size of the
coverslip, so external specks will not be scanned.
Multilayer mode
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Select
Single layer
option if you want to scan a single layer of the slide.
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By choosing the
Extended focus
option, the software selects the sharpest image
from each focus level for each image field and combines them into one single
image. Therefore, those parts that were blurry in auto/manual focus will also be
sharp. This method guarantees the maximum depth of sharpness; however, it
reduces digitization speed.
Figure 37: Focus level and step size
