MetaFluor Automation

Device Control

Typical system configuration for fluorescence ratio imaging.

MetaFluor works with microscopes equipped with epi-fluorescence illumination. The system includes device drivers for numerous commercially-available filter wheels, shutters, monochromators and high speed filter changers for illumination control. Camera drivers are optional. The MetaFluor system's camera drivers support acquisition from a wide variety of digital cameras.

MetaFluor enables sub-region, binning and analog-to-digital (A/D) selection if the camera allows it. Gain and exposure time can be set per wavelength for acquisition. Streaming can be used as an acquisition option. With the appropriate devices, streaming allows you to acquire a predefined number of images at the maximum frame rate of the camera (patented).

Journaling & Task Automation

Journals are sophisticated and customizable macros that record and execute many tasks without requiring you to know any programming language.

The software's Journal Editor allows you to create functions to simplify system operations, automate acquisition and device control, set variables and sequence events. The Auto-Execute Journal command allows you to automatically run journals at specific points in the acquisition cycle.

A feature of MetaFluor is the ability to set up sequences of commands. Using the Sequence Journals command, you can easily direct the system to run a set of commands at a given time during the acquisition process.

User-definable taskbars make it easy to achieve “one-button” control of your system. All of these automation capabilities let you customize MetaFluor to run experiments with your own protocols.