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  Lionheart FX Automated Microscope Lionheart LX Automated Microscope Cytation 7 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader Cytation 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader Cytation 1 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader BioSpa Live Cell Analysis System
  Lionheart FX Lionheart LX Cytation 7 Cytation 5 Cytation 1 BioSpa System
General            
Microplate types 6- to 1536-well plates 6- to 1536-well plates 6- to 1536-well plates 6- to 1536-well plates 6- to 1536-well plates 6- to 1536-well plates
Other labware Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks (T75 & T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks (T75 & T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks (T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks (T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks (T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides Slides, cell culture dishes & flasks ( T25), hemocytometers, chamber slides
Labware capacity 1 1 1 1 1 8
Incubation to 40 °C   to 45 °C to 65 °C to 45 °C to 45 °C
Peltier Cooling Module     ● ● ●  
Joystick controller available ● ● ● ●  

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Automation Compatible     ● ● ● ●
Multi-Mode Detection available     ● ● ● ●
Microscopy modules            
Inverted microscope ● ● ● ● ● Cytation-dependent
Upright microscope     ●     Cytation-dependent
Objectives            
Capacity 6 6 6 6 2 6
Air objectives 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x 1.25x, 2.5x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x
Phase objectives 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x     4x, 10x, 20x, 40x   4x, 10x, 20x, 40x
Oil immersion objectives 60x, 100x 60x, 100x        
Imaging Modes & Methods            
Fluorescence ● ● ● ● ● ●
Brightfield ● ● ● ●   ●
High contrast brightfield ● ● ● ● ●  
Color brightfield ● ● ● ●   ●
Phase contrast ●     ●   ●
Processing & Analysis            
Z-stacking ● ● ● ● ● ●
Montage ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cell Counting ● ● ● ● ● ●
Z-projection * ● ● ● ● ● ●
Digital Phase Contrast* ● ● ● ● ● ●
Image stitching* ● ● ● ● ● ●
Advanced Image Analysis* ● ● ● ● ● ●

 

*with Gen5 Image+ or Image Prime Software

 

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