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CSU-X1 spinning Disk Confocal
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Schematic cut-away diagram showing a Yokogawa Electric Corporation spinning disk confocal unit.
This unit includes the motorized spinning pinhole disk, as well as a micro-lens disk and can be mounted to the camera port of a microscope to provide confocal images. The unit pictured can accommodate two cameras observing different wavelength channels, due to the internal dichroic beam splitter and filter wheels.
From Zeiss Campus: http://zeiss campus.magnet.fsu.edu/articles/spinningdisk/introduction.html

Microlens disk focuses illumination light through pinholes of primary disk. Returning light from the sample is separated by a dichroic mirror to scan across the sensor of a CMOS or CCD camera.
From Graf, R, J Rietdorf, and T Zimmermann. 2005. “Live Cell Spinning Disk Microscopy.” Adv Biochem Engin/Biotechnol 95: 57-75.

















spinning disc confocal set up
NeurImag imaging facility – INSERM U894 – IPNP
102-108 rue de la Sante, 75014 Paris
Contact person: Ms Lydia DANGLOT ✉ lydia.danglot@inserm.fr
Applications
Fluorescence imaging, Confocal imaging
Specifications
Inverted microscope capable of confocal imaging, equipped with glycerol immersion objectives.
CSU-X1 Spinning disc
Hamamatsu Gemini-2C
2 Flash 4.0 Hamamatsu cameras
Lasers: 405nm (200mW) – 488nm (180mW) – 561 (300 mW) – 640 (400 mW) – 730 (100 mW)
Errol-Laser STARSCAN