Category: microscope illumination

Creating 3D movies from inside living cells [VIDEO]

TAKING images of living cells always presents the possibility that the act of observation will change the thing being observed. Clusters of cells inside an organism scatter light, making images fuzzy and indistinct. The typical solution is to increase light…

LED microscope suits biomedical applications

A CONSTANT colour temperature without heat build-up is the main advantage of the LED illumination system used on the new Leica DM4000 B microscope, says the company. The cool and uniform light produced makes the instrument suitable for biomedical and…

Software makes sense of microscope images

EVEN the best cameras with the highest quality optics and sensors are limited by the dynamic range of what they can record, and this feature is especially noticeable in high-contrast images. This can be a problem in microscopy applications where…

The right light for microscopy

ACCURATELY rendered colours in microscope images should be something microscopists can take for granted, but of course much depends on the light source and the filters deployed. Olympus says it has improved on the current technology with its new true…