High image acquisition with 64 parallel electron beams and short dwell times
Cathodoluminescence solutions that reveal fundamental properties of matter
Fast EM solutions for reliable and high throughput electron microscopy
Integrated correlative microscopy solutions that combine the power of fluorescence and electron microscopy
Cathodoluminescence solutions that reveal fundamental properties of matter
Fast EM solutions for reliable and high throughput electron microscopy
Integrated correlative microscopy solutions that combine the power of fluorescence and electron microscopy
FAST-EM, an ultra-fast automated multibeam electron microscope, enables large-scale EM imaging. It makes it possible to compare the ultrastructure of healthy and diseased tissue and perform screens on drug treatments, all while retaining nanometer-range resolution. It enables a rapid, unbiased method of data collection, without constant supervision. FAST-EM is also highly beneficial for volume-EM, as larger volumes can be imaged within a shorter amount of time. This opens the way to ever-larger projects, such as imaging an entire hemisphere or even an entire mouse brain for connectomics.
FAST-EM was designed together with ThermoFisher, Technolution, and TU Delft to make complex EM workflows simple and efficient. The system uses optical Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) for image formation, for which the samples need to be collected on scintillators. The FAST-EM allows for the loading of up to nine scintillator substrates at the same time.
To achieve high-throughput imaging, FAST-EM uses 64 electron beams, which are scanned over the sample in parallel. The reliability of the microscope and the software allow the operator to leave the system running without constant supervision, allowing you to shift the focus from microscope operation to data analysis.
High image acquisition with 64 parallel electron beams and short dwell times
The scintillator screen allows the loading of up to nine substrates at the same time
Collect nanoscale detail while retaining the larger context of the sample
Leave the system to automatically acquire complex datasets without constant supervision
The FAST-EM system is particularly beneficial for the analysis of any biological material in life sciences. It can be used in neurobiology, cell biology, histology, plant biology, digital pathology, and biomaterials.
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-Faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft