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From:   Martin Kohler
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  Stamatis Pagakis writes:
 
>If one doesn't want to spend much time in custom software and putting
>hardware together, is there any system out them that someone could
>recommend?  Something basic (for PC or Mac) like a filter wheel, shutter,
>a frame grabber and some image analysis software that could give ratios
>within areas of intertest. OMDR control would be useful as well.
 
I guess he is not talking about a confocal system, but a "conventional" imaging system for dual excitation measurements (like Fura-2 for calcium measurements).
  I want to recommend a "basic" system (for PC) with xenon lamp, chopper device, shutters and frame grabber from a company called Ionoptix. Therefore I recommend you call the following individual:
 
Douglas Tillotson
Ionoptix Corp.
44 Parkway Crescent
Milton, MA 02186  USA
Phone/fax: 617-696-7335
 
We got a sytem from him that is nice, but still not too expensive.
 
   / Martin Kohler