3DHISTECH UPGRADES DIGITAL SLIDE SCANNERS AND SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH APPLICATIONS

Three key members of 3DHISTECH’s PANNORAMIC® scanner range, PANNORAMIC® 250 Flash III, PANNORAMIC® Scan II and PANNORAMIC® Midi II as well as their control software have been upgraded to even better serve the diverse needs of cancer and pharmaceutical research, molecular and developmental histology, neuroscience and many more.

Budapest, Hungary, June 29, 2020 – 3DHISTECH upgrades three of its key digital slide scanners, PANNORAMIC® 250 Flash III, Scan II and Midi II with

New monochrome PCO edge 4.2 bi deep-cooled back-illumination sCMOS camera for fluorescence scanning:

• The new camera provides even better image quality, especially for immunohistochemistry (IHC) applications like Opal staining and molecular labeling: The chip is more sensitive in the 720-750 nanometer range than its predecessor, which reduces exposition time and further improves image quality.
• Also, the new camera works directly through a USB 3.0 port, no additional graphics card is necessary.

New optional 10x objective for fluorescence scanning:

• The new objective reduces fluorescence scanning time and provides further improved image quality.

Additionally, slide capacity for the PANNORAMIC® 250 has been increased to 300 to help laboratories better handle the increased number of slides.

The upgraded scanners will be shipped with the brand-new PANNORAMIC® Control Software version 3.0, a versatile and flexible scanner software tailored to the diverse needs of research laboratories. Its key features include

• Scanning profiles for individual slides, multiple scanning locations and separate scanning of TMA slides for flexibility
• Several focus modes and multilayer scanning options for superior image quality in both brightfield and fluorescence scanning
• Further improved deconvolution for superior image quality in fluorescence scanning
• Highly adjustable software and hardware settings
• Flexible image analysis
• Customizable user interface and scanning workflow
• Conversion into multiple file formats: DICOM, Tiled TIFF, Roche TIFF

Annamária Csizmadia, Product Development Manager said, ”3DHISTECH has traditionally been a strong player in the research market, offering a wide range of scanning solutions tailored to the diverse needs of researchers. We are determined to stay ahead in this segment, this is the driving force behind the developments we announce today. Thanks to the new features, I’m convinced that we will be able to assist our research customers in their efforts even better.”

Along with PANNORAMIC® 250 Flash III, Midi II and Scan II, PANNORAMIC® Confocal remains a unique element of 3DHISTECH’s digital slide scanner range. Owing to its innovative structured illumination confocal imaging technology, PANNORAMIC® Confocal offers brightfield and fluorescence confocal scanning in unprecedented quality for molecular pathology applications at low running costs, contributing to increased productivity for research laboratories.

For research and education use only, not for use in diagnostic procedures. These products have not been approved or cleared as medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

For more information about PANNORAMIC® digital slide scanners please visit https://www.3dhistech.com/products-and-software/hardware/pannoramic-digital-slide-scanners/.

About 3DHISTECH

3DHISTECH (3dhistech.com) is the pioneer of digital pathology. The entire company is dedicated to developing and manufacturing a wide range of PANNORAMIC® whole slide scanners, Track & Sign™ and CaseManager™ laboratory and pathology management, CaseViewer™ digital microscopy and QuantCenter™ image analysis software solutions. Further products include tissue microarray machinery. The rapidly evolving product portfolio support not only clinical routine pathology, but also high level medical and pharmaceutical research as well as medical education. 3DHISTECH is the proud winner of several image quality and scanner speed awards at International Scanner Contests. The company with the largest global install base is represented in more than 70 countries and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.

Source: 3DHISTECH