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To put in simple words, a microscope stage is a platform on which the object to be examined is placed. Now that the examiners need to view the objects in different angles, sometimes want to change their positions and what not, microscope stages are as automated as you can imagine of.
Earlier Microscope Stages
The very first microscopes would allow a simple stationary platform on which a slide or an object could be kept or mounted. If one wanted to view the object in different angle, one had to manually lift it and change its position. Many times the sample would get spoiled by handling it manually. Sometimes one needed to view it on a large screen instead of an eye-view. All the above mentioned problems have been solved with the making of new age stages where they come equipped with automation and image analysis softwares. No wonder new generation stages allow you to view the objects on large screens with hundred times enlarged views. Following paragraphs acquaint you with few of these stages and their applications.
Basic Categories of Microscope Stages
Though many other varieties are available, the basic types are listed below.
* Polarized Stages
* Modular Stages
* Motorized Stages
* Z-axis Stages
* Rotary Stages
* Programmable Stages
Various Features of Microscope Stages
1. New age stages offer high image quality and very accurate 3D measurements using non destructive observation methods with modern optical system. Preparing for the examination is easy and no pre-processing is required for the samples.
2. Microscope stages are now available which ensure four levels of viewing. They have fast start-up time, easy functioning; they also allow failure analysis and expandability.
3. There are stages which meet the requirements of metallurgical microscopes meet where wide variety of analysis is to be made.
4. These stages are used with microscope where they employ lower-energy and longer-wavelength light.
5. There are microscope stages which can locate the illumination system and position the object accordingly. This whole operation can be handled from a remote place using a program interface.
6. In few microscopes, stages can be programmed and controlled and monitored via a software program.
Online Tracking of Objects through Softwares
A software program is available which can recall where your analyzed objects are located. After you complete one round of examination, just click a measure in the Data Browser and the microscope stage automatically changes its position to the correct field and brings the object of interest to the correct position. All corresponding values are automatically calculated again on the fly if objects are deleted.
This analysis of multiple fields is further simplified high precision automated stage and focus automation tools. They are highly effective, one can find out sample origin, set the fields that need to be analyzed, correctly position specific autofocus fields or simply select a linear focus for examining samples. The Programmable microscope stage allow user to set up multiple simultaneous stage patterns, move them and save them.
