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Microscope, stage and camera control via iTEM software
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Automated and rapid image acquisition
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Image identification of viruses based on internal and surface structure analysis
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Identification of four different virus families: Adenoviridae (Adenovirus), Reoviridae (Rotavirus), Caliciviridae (Norovirus), Astroviridae (Astrovirus)
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Archiving and reporting via iTEM software
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Viruses cause epidemic outbreaks such as the ”winter vomiting disease” in many Northern European countries every year. Detecting and identifying known viruses, such as the gastroenteritis virus, identifying unknown viruses in a possible pandemic outbreak or even a bioterrorist attack have all become of critical global interest.
Common virus identification methods are the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and the ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Both take several hours to provide results against a specific and known virus and are problematic due to frequent mutation and similarity of symptoms.
iTEM Solution Virology provides automated image analysis of viruses even in highly textured TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) images of clinical samples. This new technological approach can be used for detection and identification of different gastroenteritis viruses.
iTEM Solution Virology is another solution in Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions’ vision of ”Electron Microscopy made simple”.
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