Image Acquisition

In order to acquire an image you must first setup the required imaging settings (image channel) and how they will run (protocol). This section consists of topics relating to acquisition of an image to guide you through these steps.

This includes:

Displaying Live View	How to view the specimen in "real time"
Creating a Channel	How to set up imaging channels
Imaging Mode	How to set the imaging mode
Creating a Protocol	How to create a protocol for how the acquisition runs
Specimen Navigation	How to use the Remote Panel functions to navigate the specimen
Setting up and performing Photostimulation with Mosaic	How to use the Mosaic for photostimulation functions such as FRAP or photoconversion
Snapping an Image	How to take a "snap" image of a single or multi-channel image
Dual Camera Simultaneous Acquisition	How to set up operation of a dual camera system
Supported File Formats	What image file formats are supported
Drift Stabilisation	How to set-up and use the Focus stabilisation functions
SRRF-Stream	Details of Andor's Super-resolution technology, SRRF-Stream
HF Boost	Details of HF Boost Filter

Once you have acquired the image you may proceed to view and analyse your image data. These topics are described in the Image Visualisation and Image Analysis sections. To view how to open, save or manage image data files refer to the File Management section.