New features in the volumetric scanning panel allows users to quickly populate the ETL table to perform measurements at equally spaced points. While scanning, simply move the ETL to the top of the volume you want to image and click the “Top” button to copy the location. Do the same for the bottom limit. Once…
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Tiling with Knobby
Knobby scheduler allows the user to move the microscope by specifying a list of relative changes in position at given frame numbers. One quick way to fill up the table is provided by a set of text fields in the knobby panel. This allows one to perform (x,y,z) tiling with a given range and step…
Read MoreAutomatic Control of Laser Power
A new checkbox within the Laser panel (labeled AGC) allows you to turn an automatic control of laser power on and off. When AGC is on, Scanbox checks the distribution of pixel values on the image every T seconds, and increases or decreases the laser power by a certain factor if the fraction of pixels…
Read MoreKnobby improvements
We have added a couple of new features to Knobby based on user feedback that some may find useful. These features are presented in different screen pages. You can switch between the three available pages by touching one of the 3 gray disks on the bottom left of the screen. The first screen is the…
Read MoreVisualizing Scanbox stacks with Vaa3D
Some scanbox functions allow you to export *.sbx files to *.tif files that can be then visualized using other software like Vaa3d or ImageJ. For example, after collecting a z-stack you can use sbxtifstack() to generate a tif file that can be read directly using Vaa3d. If your stack has the hypothetical file name abc_010_nnn.sbx…
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