Overview

CellVoyager™ CQ1 System Highlights

Enables Measurement of Spheroids, Colonies, and Tissue Sections

• No need to remove cells from the culture dish, in contrast to traditional flow cytometry
• Nipkow spinning disk confocal technology allows high-speed yet gentle 3D image acquisition
• Rich feature extraction to facilitate sophisticated cellular image analysis
• Wide field of view and tiling capability enables easy imaging of large specimen

Enables Analysis of Time-Lapse and Live-Cell

• High precision stage incubator and low phototoxicity of our confocal makes the analysis of time-lapse and live-cell are possible   
• Max.100 fps option for fast time lapse*¹

High-quality Image and similar Operability to a traditional Flow Cytometer

• Feature data and statistical graphs displayed in real-time with image acquisition
• Usable high-quality image as confocal microscope image.
• Easy to trace back to the original image from a graph spot, and make repetitive measurements

Open Platform

• Connectable with external systems via handling robot*²
• Expandable to the integrated system as image acquisition and quantification instrument
• FCS/CSV/ICE data format readable by third-party data analysis software
• A variety of cell culture and sample dishes are applicable

Compact Footprint, lightweight bench-top Device; no Need for a Darkroom

*1 Option
*2 Contact to CQ1 partner for more information

Details

Multiple Functions fully integrated into a compact Box

Compact design contains fully integrated multiple functions to offer an easy-to-handle confocal imaging system, without a need for complicated system integration. You only need to set a sample and run the software. A user-friendly interface and versatile functions support your measurement and analysis.

Principles of the Microlens-enhanced Nipkow Disk Scanning Technology

A Nipkow spinning disk containing about 20,000 pinholes and a subsidiary spinning disk containing the same number of microlenses to focus excitation laser light into each corresponding pinhole are mechanically fixed on a motor, and very rapidly rotated. As a result, a high-speed raster scan of the excitation lights on the specimen can be achieved. The pinhole and microlenses are arranged on each disk in our proprietary design to optimize the raster scan. Multi-beam scanning not only increases scanning speed but also results in significantly lower photobleaching and phototoxicity because multi-beam excitation needs only a low level of laser power on the specimen to fully excite fluorescence.

System Integration with CellVoyager™ CQ1

Analysis software (Option)

High-Content Analysis System CellPathfinder™^*1        Click Here For More Info!

• Preset analysis menus for a variety of applications
• Flexible graph functions to display analysis results
• A direct link between chart and object image machine learning
  
  

Machine learning

The software learns the features of the sample objects collected by users.

3D Analysis


 

Label-free Analysis

DPC^*2 function is a powerful tool to analyze unstained brightfield samples.

*1 Optional software
*2 Digital phase contrast

Example of Setup

Downloads

Brochures

•  Confocal Quantitative Image Cytometer CQ1   (3.5 MB)

Software

•  CQ1 Software
•  CQ1 Software for upgrade