QImaging announces the release of the
Rolera Bolt Scientific CMOS camera,
a high-speed imaging alternative that is less than half the cost of
most scientific CMOS and CCD cameras. The Rolera Bolt is the latest
addition to QImaging's high-speed, high-sensitivity family of cameras
that also includes the recently released
Rolera Thunder.
Designed
for low-light imaging, the Rolera Bolt is especially suited for
biomedical imaging as more research moves toward live-cell and whole
organism studies at video frame rates. This includes motility studies
where dynamic events (e.g. zebrafish heart contractions, C. elegans
tracking, etc.) need to be captured with high spatial and temporal
resolution in order to provide the maximum amount of information to the
researcher.
The
Rolera Bolt is also ideal for life science applications using
fluorescent labeling, such as immunofluorescence, live-cell fluorescent
imaging, ratiometric imaging, high speed calcium imaging, time-lapse
fluoresence and fluoresence in situ hybridization (FISH). Additionally,
the Rolera Bolt's aggressive price point makes scientific CMOS
performance accessible to price-sensitive markets, including machine
vision and industrial imaging.
The
Rolera Bolt's technical features include a high quantum efficiency 1.3
mega-pixel sensor (3.63 µm x 3.63 µm pixel size) combined with low read
noise (~ 3e-) and high-speed (30 fps full resolution) simultaneous
readout. Using new
Pixel-Freeze TechnologyTM,
dark current is reduced to nearly undetectable levels, eliminating the
need for an expensive Peltier cooling system. This allows for a
lightweight, compact design with minimal power requirements, enabling
the Rolera Bolt to utilize a single USB 2.0 connection for both power
and 12-bit data transfer.
Because of its smaller pixel size, the Rolera Bolt can be used with lower magnifications to achieve
increased signal and field of view.
A dynamic range of approximately 4500:1 allows the camera to
quantitatively display dim and bright signals in a single image, a range
comparable to standard CCD devices.
"Our
goal is to provide researchers with an effective scientific CMOS camera
that is easily obtainable, even when funding is scarce," said Chris
Ryan, associate product manager of QImaging. "The Rolera Bolt enables
more research facilities to easily invest and take full advantage of the
performance that only scientific CMOS imaging provides."
Using the standard QCam API and
QImaging Software Development Kit (SDK),
the Rolera Bolt seamlessly integrates with high-end OEM systems and
customized software applications. Standard with all QImaging cameras,
the Rolera Bolt is backed by an industry-leading two-year limited warranty. Each camera meets the standards of
QImaging's Product Quality Policy and is further backed by support technicians who are trained in specific applications and installation procedures.
About QImaging QImaging
designs and manufactures user-friendly CCD, EMCCD, CMOS and scientific
CMOS cameras for life science, machine vision and OEM applications.
These affordable and diverse digital imaging solutions offer outstanding
versatility, ease of use and reliability. Customers around the world
use QImaging cameras to perform quantitative image analysis and acquire
high-resolution images for publication. The company offers a
comprehensive OEM Camera Program and
maintains numerous third-party alliances with software companies and
system integrators to consistently deliver imaging solutions and
application-specific software that supports a broad range of bioscience
and industrial applications. QImaging is headquartered in Surrey,
Canada, and is a registered ISO 9001:2008 company.