INSTRUMENT
DECRIPTION
Axio Imager
Name and intended use
Carl Zeiss
M70-2-0020 e 06/2009
430000-7344-001
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INSTRUMENT DECRIPTION
2.1
Name and intended 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 a transmitted-light
equipment, as combined reflected-light/transmitted-light microscopes.
Typical applications of the Axio Imager microscopes include, for instance:
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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, for instance:
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Metallographic laboratories
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Vehicle industry
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Microsystems engineering
2.2
Instrument description and main features
With the advanced pyramid and modular design, the Axio Imager microscope incorporates time-tested
principles in microscope construction, thus ideally combining modern requirements made on 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