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ZEISS ZEN 3.4 (blue edition)

ZEISS ZEN 3.4 (blue edition)

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New ModulesThe following new software modules are available:

Module Description

BioApps Modules § „Out of the box“ image analysis solutions for common assays

§ Simple setup of analysis and optimized result display

§ Run on imaging systems or offline workstations

§ Optimized for measurements in screening applications with multi-well setups

§ OAD support for the individual BioApps

The following individual BioApp modules are available:

§ Cell Counting

§ Confluency

§ Gene and Protein Expression

§ Automated Spot Counting

ZEN Intellesis Ob-ject Classification

§ Functionality to classify objects based on measured parameters ofan analyzed image using machine-learning algorithms

§ Possibility to train a model for object classification

§ OAD support

New Features & Improvements

Area/Module Features/Improvements

Product Care § New splash screen with images on application startup

§ Maintenance and care to general functions

§ Support for the Axioscan and the Celldiscoverer 7

FRET FRET view available for wide field images.

Tiles & Positions Automatic support point distribution to speed up the setup of com-plex focus maps of large area samples.

Direct Processing § New processing function Deblurring, a 2D background removalmethod based on nearest neighbor algorithm

§ Support for different network configurations and direct ethernetconnection

ZEN Connect § New point-to-point wizard to quickly align 3D volumes in a ZENConnect project (3D Point Alignment wizard)

§ Possibility to add measurements to the ZEN Connect project tomeasure distances, angles and areas

ZEN Data Storage § Possibility to create collections to group documents for structuringand sharing

§ Possibility to manage access and share documents within and out-side your organization

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Area/Module Features/Improvements

§ Active directory integration for login

ZEN slidescan § Full polarization support and support of multiplex fluorescence

§ Digital contrast method TIE

§ Support for new Axiocam cameras

§ Re-write acquisition engine to speed up acquisition

§ Usability centered software improvements

§ New Prescan option

§ New Edit Focus Points option

§ New Pol viewer to display polarization images

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phone: +49 3641 64 3161fax: +49 3641 64 3439info.microscopy@zeiss.comwww.zeiss.com/microscopy

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