New Maestro EX
Higher sensitivity, enhanced dynamic range and added multiplexing
The new Maestro EX replaces the original, award-winning Maestro 1 (M1) in vivo imaging system. The Maestro EX improves upon CRi's patented solid-state in vivo spectral imaging technology, conferring the ability to select broad- or narrow-band imaging modes in a small animal imaging system designed from the ground up for fluorescence imaging.
The Maestro EX system comes equipped with a light-tight enclosure, configurable imaging area, solid-state tunable multispectral camera system, intuitive data acquisition and analysis software, and a computer workstation. The hardware is supported with industry-leading algorithms incorporated in easy-to-use software.
These systems contain an optimized liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF) based multispectral camera system that can capture high spectral resolution multispectral fluorescence images of small animals at multiple wavelengths across the visible to NIR. The system also includes a Xenon-based Illuminator with interference-filter-selectable spectral ranges. An optical heated stage and triple nose-cone anesthesia manifold are available options.
In order to illustrate the high sensitivity of the Maestro system, images and data were acquired from 4 mice with varying amounts of doxorubicin (DOX) injected. The Maestro system shows a significant increase in sensitivity compared with conventional monochrome imaging.
