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Dear Anita,

There may be a very simple solution to reduce the time without reducing
the z resolution. However I'm uncertain if it will meet all your
experimental aims. From your email it sounds like you are taking a full
z-series (ie. xyz data set). Would it suit your experimental aims to
collect just a vertical section (xz)? This would be much quicker to
collect and you would end up with just one image per sample, rather than
a z-series. Hence analysis would be a lot quicker.

Stephen H. Cody

Microscopy Manager
Central Resource for Advanced Microscopy
Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research
Post Office Royal Melbourne Hospital
Parkville  Victoria    3050
Australia
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