Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
The GenePix Autoloader 4200AL is the latest microarray scanner from Axon
Instruments, Inc. It has several enhanced features for high-performance
quantitative imaging set by the benchmark GenePix 4000 series scanners. Key
features of the 4200AL are:
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Automatically loads, scans and analyzes up to 36 slides.
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Convenient all-in-one scan, stack-and-store slide carrier.
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Line-by-line dynamic autofocusing for unprecedented field uniformity.
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Up to four internally installed laser excitation sources.
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Gradient neutral density wheel permitting 5–100% laser transmission.
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Data Scan resolution from 5
µ
m to 100
µ
m.
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Fast Preview Scan at 40
µ
m.
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Uses 16-bit ultra-low noise digitization.
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Dynamic range of 10
4
.
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Easy-access 16-position emission filter wheel with standard filters for each
laser installed at the factory.
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