The autofocus function of TissueFAXS was specifically developed for fully automated routines. Data can be generated overnight and will be available to the operator for further processing on the next morning.

The TissueFAXS management and acquisition software combines an intuitive and user friendly interface and a comfortable workflow with extensive control functions.

The TissueFAXS Software automatically acquires both immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence stained sections and performs quantitative analysis of staining intensities.

Immunofluorescence

·Objective selection

·Light source control

·Graphical navigation function for 4 or 8 slides

·Preview window

·Automatic tissue detection

·ROI management

·Subregion creation and export

·Overview export

 

Acquisition: 

·Live image window

·Stage controls and position info

·Autofocus

·Auto-white balance

·Automatic tissue detection

·Image export

·TMA layout

 

Immunohistochemistry:

Features

·Preview scan (1x to 10x) „Fluorescence” with zoom function

·Preview scan (1x to 10x) „Brightfield“ with zoom function

·Automatic multi-channel acquisition of fluorescence images

·Freely selectable magnification for acquisition

·Accurate autofocus for 1x to 100x oil objectives

·One push white balance function

·Detail Windows with zoom in and zoom out function

·Generation of overview images using TissueStitching function

·Export of detail images and overview with selectable resolution

 

Benefits

·Easy to use Project Wizard

·Objective quantification

·Observer independent results

·Easy Handling

·Accuracy

·Freely selectable regions of interest (ROI)

·Relocate function

·Virtual slide creation

·High throughput acquisition

·Forward and Backward Gating

·Customised colours and controlable intensity in overlay images

·Bleaching prevention by minimisation of open shutter times

·Selection of FOV's by setting flags for re-acquisition

·Saving of time and resources due to high degree of automatisation

TissueGnostics was established in 2003 after nearly a decade of basic research. The goal was to supply scientists with qualitative and observer independent results for cell and tissue analysis in tissue context and this in automated format and significantly less time.

Katja ?sterreicher, Georg Steiner and Dr. Rupert Ecker, the three co-founders of the company, with the aid of a dozen of development partners (Medical University Vienna, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, Vienna; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle; Brighamand Women`s Hospital, Boston; etc.) succeeded in reaching this target by 2005.

Since then TissueGnostics expanded worldwide, with subsidiaries in Romania, the US and more than 15 different distributors (incl. Japan, China, Taiwan, France, Russia, Korea, Australia, Philippines, Great Britain, Italy, Kuwait, etc.). In 2008/2009 TissueGnostics completed its product portfolio with the HemoFAXS, differentiated blood smear analysis system, setting a new standard in blood analysis.

The combination of modern and state-of-the art analysis methods for scientific and clinical use in tissue and cell based research with innovative and easy-to-handle software to ensure efficient and reliable diagnostics always was and will be the motivation behind TissueGnostics product developments.