Carl Zeiss M1m Axio-Imager Microscope
Axio-Imager WS microscope provides brilliant optics with great contrast and resolution for generating image stacks and stitched photos serving as base maps.
MTRG hosts two Carl Zeiss M1m Axio-Imager microscopes that provide brilliant optics for great contrast and resolution. Each microscope is equipped with:
- A Physik Instrumente piezo-motor scanning stage
- An IDS µEye 4MP square-format, fast CMOS digital cameras
- A joystick controller for manual stage movement.
- Interfaced to a high-performance control computer with an ultra-widescreen (21:9) high-resolution display.
- Paired with Fission Track Studio software, a cross-platform, dual software suite that facilitates photomicrograph acquisition (TrackWorks) and digital image analysis (FastTracks), developed by the MTRG.
TrackWorks software provides a convenient operating environment for users to control the major function of the digital microscope and primarily to obtain transmitted and reflected light Z-stack image sets of minerals/materials of interest. The exported stack images can then be viewed and analysed in FastTracks software.
Moreover, the built-in mosaic function of TrackWorks offers an efficient and convenient way to create a stitched image covering a large sample area which can serve as a base map that greatly assists cross platform coordination and analysis.
For more information, please visit Melbourne thermochronology research group website.
More information
- Contact person: Dr Ling Chung
- Access: find out more about accessing this equipment
- Location: School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Building 200, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010