VersaCAM™: Rapid,
large area optical scanning microscope with mosaic capability.
Based on JMAR's scanning-boom technology (patent pending), VersaCAM
represents a major departure from conventional microscopy.
- Large area, high-speed
image mosaic capability
- Plan Apo 0.7 micron resolution
with motor driven zoom
- Up to 13,500x on screen
magnification
- Laser-based coarse focus,
through-the-lens fine focus
- Inverted viewing capability
- Ability to view objects off
the base area for large or thick samples - up to 14” thick
- Dual 21-inch flat panel monitors
- Dual processor work
station
- Real time digital video
 
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This fast-scanning, digital image analysis
microscopy system is able to auto focus from a starting distance
of over fourteen inches down to a focus position controlled in
nanometer increments, allowing deconvolved imagery of samples.
Its unique design provides an unobstructed viewing area to encompass
large 3D samples such as whole animal models.
Software developed by JMAR converts the high-magnification scanned
images into a low-magnification mosaic for viewing at the macro
scale, with the ability to zoom into areas of interest at high
magnification. Computer Aided Microscopy (CAM) controls allow the
operator to dynamically vary the magnification, while selecting
any area of interest in the displayed mosaic image at magnifications
up to 13,500x.
The scanning boom microscope can scan both 2D and 3D samples of
any size. This flexible architecture, combined with the ability
to rotate the objective lens 360 degrees, enables high magnification
scanning and digital image analysis of samples in the normal, inverted,
or side viewing positions.
The all-digital VersaCAM system integrates the capabilities of
several types of specialty microscopes, enabling it to meet a broad
range of applications including well-plate bio-assays, library-based
image searches of pathology samples or whole animal models, analysis
of material samples such as powders or metals, failure analysis
of materials or structures, and forensic studies of large non-planar
samples. The system is sized and configured for easy transport
between laboratories or for use in remote field locations.
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Microscopy