The HistoFAXS management and acquisition software combines an intuitive and user friendly interface and a comfortable workflow with extensive control functions.
Management
- Objective selection
- Light source control
- Graphical navigation function for 8 slides
- Preview window
- Automatic tissue detection
- ROI management
- Subregion creation and export
- Overview export
Acquisition
- Live image window
- Stage controls and position info
- Autofocus
- Auto-white balance
- Image export
- TMA layout
TMA Core detection
TMA spots are identified on a slide preview obtained by a low magnification scan. Acquisition can be made automatically, with manual adjustment or semi-manually by projecting TMA block patterns and doing comprehensive block operations. Each spot is given its individual ID based upon identification. Missing spots are still recognized based on block matrix.
TMA Core detection
Logical groups can be drawn and named on the preview image, thus providing one possible basis for later analysis. After acquisition, the project is ready for analysis.
TMA Analysis
TMA projects are opened in HistoQuest. Logical groups are shown in HistoQuests Input Region list and are analyzed as one sample.
TMA spots not in logical groups are displayed separately in this list under their spot ID. They can be analyzed individually.
After analysis, results can be exported to Excel sheets to be linked with metadata for further examination.
A browser-type TMA explorer and a report generator completes the TMA functionalities.
