GLISSANDO SLIDE SCANNER

FAST, AFFORDABLE WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING 

The new Glissando scanner delivers fast, high quality whole slide image acquisition in an affordable package. The compact footprint and simple, intuitive user interface make the Glissando scanner the ideal platform for quick scanning of standard microscope slides.
The Glissando Slide Scanner integrates the latest automation technologies and high quality components with our proven TurboscanTM scanning engine to provide an effective, reliable—and affordable—tool for the rapid acquisition of Whole Slide Images (WSI) from standard glass microscope slides.

The easy-to-use Glissando software’s intuitive design and automated tissue detection, focus setup, and barcode reading ensure excellent results, right out of the box.

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Glissando Slide Scanner Features

• Excellent price/performance
• Compact, convenient size
• Scan up to two standard glass slides
• Fast, high-quality whole slide images
• 1D and 2D barcode reader
• Automatic tissue detection and focus setup
• Proven TurboscanTM high performance tile scanning engine
• Integrated system control computer with Ethernet connection
• Efficient, intuitive software interface

Specifications

Slide Capacity – Up to two 25 mm X 75mm glass slides.

Scanning Engine – TurboscanTM fast tiling technology with predictive focus

Tissue Detection – Automatic region definition and focus setup

Scanning Objective Lens – 20X/0.75 Plan Apo

Camera Sensor Size – 2048 X 2048 pixels

Sensor Image Resolution – 0.5 μm (with 20X objective)

Barcode Reader – Image-based 1D and 2D (Datamatrix, QR Code)

Control Computer – Integral Windows 8 mini-PC with Ethernet connection

On-board Storage – 256 GB solid state drive

Physical Dimensions – 320 mm (W) x 297 mm (H) x 447 mm (D)

Electrical – Universal AC input, 50/60 Hz

Turboscan Examples

Mouse, Transverse Section

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 17 x 20, 340 total
Size at full resolution: 340 x 4.2 MB = 1.4 GB
Scan area: 10.6 x 9.2 mm = 98 sq. mm
Scan time (snake scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 42 secs



Actual mosaic resolution: 22,208 x 17,612 pixels

Zebra Fish

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 16 x 17, 272 total
Size at full resolution: 272 x 4.2 MB = 1.2 GB
Scan area: 9.2 x 7.3 mm = 67 sq. mm
Scan time (snake scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 37 secs

Actual mosaic resolution: 23,596 x 20,720 pixels

Appendix, Human

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 16 x 18, 288 total
Size at full resolution: 288 x 4.2 MB = 1.25 GB
Scan area: 10.1 x 8.2 mm = 83 sq. mm
Scan time (raster scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 54 secs

Actual mosaic resolution: 22,208 x 18,648 pixels

Mouse Foetus, Lateral Section

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 20 x 16, 320 total
Size at full resolution: 320 x 4.2 MB = 1.3 GB
Scan area: 12.5 x 7.4 mm = 93 sq. mm
Scan time (snake scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 46 secs

Actual mosaic resolution: 27,760 x 16,576 pixels

Eye Section, Rabbit

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 19 x 23, 437 total
Size at full resolution: 437 x 4.2 MB = 1.8 GB
Scan area: 11.9 x 10.6 mm = 126 sq. mm
Scan time (raster scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 1 min 19 secs

Actual mosaic resolution: 26,372 x 23,828 pixels

Human Skin, Showing Follicles

10X Objective / 1X C-mount
Calibration: 0.46 µm/pixel
Scan fields: 15 x 15, 225 total
Size at full resolution: 225 x 4.2 MB = 0.95 GB
Scan area: 9.4 x 6.9 mm = 65 sq. mm
Scan time (raster scan with predictive focus and shading correction): 38 secs

Actual mosaic resolution: 20,820 x 15,540 pixels