Features Of Instrument - FujiFilm FLA-8000 Operation Manual

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Features of Instrument

1. Features of Instrument
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The FLA-8000 employs solid lasers of wavelengths suitable to excitation of fluo-
rescent pigments originally developed by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. It combines
several lasers of different wavelengths with three types of filters and reads slide
glass and gel dyed with various fluorescent pigments.
In addition, it may read image plates (IPs) originally developed as radiation energy
sensors by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
After reading an IP, the FLA-8000 emits beams onto it uniformly inside the eraser
to erase the after-image. It is possible to use IPs repeatedly by erasing after-
images. This feature saves costs. Besides, compactly designed IPs are easier to
handle than the traditional X-ray film.
With these features, a single FLA-8000 enables not only gel imaging of DNA, RNA
and protein but also automatic radiography.
This instrument system has the following features:
* Making a high-sensitivity and high-resolution image of slide glass and gel dyed
with fluorescent pigments.
* Provides very-high-resolution images equivalent to X-ray film.
* Reusable IPs featuring very high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, reliable
linearity and high resolution.
* Capability of executing other analysis during IP exposure.
* High resolution, high sharpness and linearity high above other film-less systems.
* System configuration requiring no darkrooms or automatic development systems.
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