Scanbox makes sure the data acquisition of the signals from the photo-multipliers are synchronized to the laser pulse. Let me explain why. Suppose you run an asynchronous data acquisition clock at 25Mhz while the laser has a pulse rate of 80Mhz. Then you may obtain images of single cells that look like this: This is…
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The Heart of Scanbox
The heart of Scanbox is the custom designed card shown below, now in its third revision: Here is a brief summary of the architecture. The card communicates with the host PC through a USB line. A number of Matlab functions allows one to easily communicate with the card, sending scanning parameters, starting and stopping scanning,…
Read MoreA Quick Look at Scanbox’s GUI
In case you were wondering, this is how things look for now in the first release of Scanbox 1.0. Click on the figure to get a larger picture. Here is a brief description of the panels. Chameleon: it allow you to change the laser wavelength, power and read out the laser status. Scanner: Defines scanning parameters including the…
Read MoreWelcome to Scanbox!
Welcome to Scanbox File Exchange. This is a site where you can find regular updates to the scanbox software for two-photon imaging, report bugs, share data analysis tools and ideas for improvement. As time goes by we will be posting tips and tricks on how to use the software, insights into the code (the Matlab…
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