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52 . MultiScope System Microscope User's Reference
View ing the Sample
You can view the visible image of a sample in a window on a PC screen by using
the video viewer, which comprises a video camera that is linked to a framegrabber
board in the PC. For full details of the use of the video display software see the
Users Manual which is provided. The video viewer, framegrabber card and software
are installed and set up by your PerkinElmer Service Engineer.
The video display software enables you to:
• View the sample on the PC screen in Windows;
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Resize the visible image window;
• Store visible images as bitmaps and in other file formats. This enables you to
archive visible images along with IR data;
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Copy and paste visible images to other Windows packages.
The field of view of the microscope that is displayed on the PC has dimensions of
600 µm (X-axis) and 400 µm (Y-axis) and the microscope is set-up so that the
infrared beam is aligned with the center of the field of view. For all infrared
measurements, use the stage controls’ position, the sample (or the area of interest
on a larger sample) in the center of the field of view.