Compare Imaging & Microscopy
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| Lionheart FX | Lionheart LX | Cytation 7 | Cytation 5 | Cytation 1 | BioSpa System | |
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| 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