Software for Active Illumination

Research imaging and AI techniques require software to enable the interactions between researcher and specimen and the software must adapt to each AI approach. We have designed Andor iQ2 software to support numerous standard protocols and provide a Python extension to allow motivated users to adapt processing to their needs.

iQ2

Multi-dimensional imaging with the power of AI

Andor iQ2 software provides the following essential aspects of AI: user interface to define action protocols; regions of interest; and hardware control.

Andor's AI hardware supports:

• Diffraction-limited point photoablation, uncaging, photoactivation and photobleaching
• Complex scanned multi-region uncaging, photoactivation and photobleaching
• Complex simultaneous multi-region uncaging, photoactivation and/or photobleaching

AI sources provide pulsed, scanned and variable duration and rate exposure of selected regions. These capabilities provide industry-leading power, ease of use and flexibility.

Features

• Interactive tools for region definition on image surface Supports different photo-stimulation modes for different region types
• Protocol and intertactive photo-stimualtion
• Dual camera acquisition - 30 full frames per second (iXon3 897)
• Extensive hardware support for quality 3rd party products
• Integrated Python environment for user programming
• Smooth integration with Imaris for deep analysis

3rd Party Software

• Metamorph
• Nikon Elements (does not support FRAPPA)