ZEISS
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
Axio Imager 2
Name and designated use
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430000-7544-001
01/2016
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INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
2.1
Name and designated use
Manufacturer's designation:
Axio Imager:
Axio Imager MAT:
Axio Imager LED:
Axio Imager.A2
Axio Imager.A2m
Axio Imager.A2 LED
Axio Imager.D2
Axio Imager.D2m
Axio Imager.M2
Axio Imager.M2m
Axio Imager.M2p
Axio Imager.Z2m
Axio Imager.Z2
The Axio Imager / Axio Imager MAT microscopes have been designed as universal microscopes for
applications in biology and medicine for the examination of blood and/or tissue specimens from the
human body, as well as for materials examinations.
They may also be used as true reflected-light microscopes or, if equipped with transmitted-light
equipment, as combined reflected-light/transmitted-light microscopes.
Typical biomedical applications of the Axio Imager 2 microscopes include:
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Medical examinations in laboratories (research), clinics and medical practices
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Science and research (colleges, universities) in the fields of medicine and biology
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Industrial applications (pharmacology, food technology)
Typical applications of the Axio Imager MAT microscopes include:
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Metallographic laboratories
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Automotive industry
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Microsystems engineering
2.2
Instrument description and main features
With its advanced pyramid and modular design, the Axio Imager microscope incorporates time-tested
principles in microscope construction, combining modern requirements in design, ergonomics, operating
convenience and function with technical performance.
Depending on the instrument configuration, the following microscopy and contrasting techniques are
possible:
Transmitted light:
Reflected light:
- Brightfield (H)
- Darkfield (D)
- Phase contrast (Ph)
- Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
- Polarization contrast (Pol)
- Circular polarization
- Brightfield (H)
- Darkfield (D)
- Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
- Differential Interference Contrast in circularly
polarized light (C-DIC)
- Polarization contrast (Pol)
- Fluorescence