1D analysis
Lane Creation
- Automatic or manual lane detection
- Multi-tier detection
- Select area of interest
- Move, resize and bend lanes
- Smile correcton tool for distorted lanes
- Specify lane width in pixels
- Add/Delete lane tools
Background Subtraction
- 5 automatic methods
- 3 manual methods
Band Detection
- Fully automatic band detection
- 3 adjustable peak parameters
- 4 band edge detection methods
- Manual editing of peak and edge detection
- View multiple lane profiles either stacked or overlaid
- Band measurements automatically displayed in Measurements Table
- Automatic updating of tables
- Choice of 14 data fields to display in easurements Table
- Export lane profile information
Molecular Size / pI Calibration
- Library of standards
- Add new standards
- Edit existing standards
- 6 Curve Fitting Methods
- MW's automatically displayed in Measurements Table
Quantity Calibration
- 5 Curve Fitting methods
- Range of calibration units
- Volumes calculated automatically displayed in Measurements table
Normalization
- Normalize to a single band
- Normalize to a group of bands, based on average or collective volume
- Choice of 10 normalization units
Additional Features
- Automatic lane report with various customizable options
- Ruler options to display lane names, numbers and MW's
- Automatic PDF report generator
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Array analysis
Grid Definition
- Automatic grid detection
- Grids can be exported to and imported from a file
- Choice of 3 spot shapes
- Define spot diameter prior to grid creation
- Detects grids up to 1,536 spots
- Standard grid types supplied
- Create new grid formats
- Edit existing grid types
- Resize grids
- Adjust for skewed images
- Delete selected grid
Spot Editing
- Reposition spots
- Resize spots
- Make changes to individual spots, groups of spots, entire grid
- Spot properties dialog
- Spot label field
Spot Measurement
- Volumes automatically calculated following grid detection
- Data displayed in Measurements Table
- 3 display types in Measurement Table
- Dynamic updating of tables
- Choice of 10 fields to display in Measurements Table
- Show/hide spot numbers
- Select spots for negative controls
- Select spots that will not be measured
Background Subtraction
- 2 fully automatic methods
- 2 semi automatic methods
Normalization
- Choice of 10 quantity units
- Single click operation
- Normalize to single or group of spots
- Normalize to spot group average or collective volume
Presence/Absence Flagging
- Automatic flagging based on estimate of threshold
- Manual setting of threshold
- View results in Measurements Table
- Color overlay of image to view flagging results
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Colony/2D Spot
Spot Detection
- Define circular or rectangular area of interest
- Easy control slider bars for sensitivity and operator size
- Initialize sensitivity option
- Advanced parameter settings for sensitivity, noise, operator size and background
- Automatic splitting function
- Total count and spot data automatically displayed in Measurements Table
- Choice of 8 data fields to display in Measurements Table
Editing
- Draw, erase, delete or split features
- Adjustable pen size for drawing or erasing
- Renumber or delete all features
Background Subtraction:
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21CFR Part 11 Module
System Access
- Windows security model to restrict access
- User log-on required to start software
- Three levels of access
- Password copying disabled
Data Integrity and Security
- Data stored in Secure Storage Area as human readable xml files
- Will not analyze or store corrupt data
- No analysis possible on non 21CFR module data or images already in use
- Archival of experiment data and history
- Store multiple versions of experiment
- Retrieve any version as read-only
Audit Trails
- Records all user log-on/log-offs, approval signatures, and log-on success/failures
- Version Control records all global experiment actions
- Experiment Audit records actions required to repeat experiment (lane creation, band detection, etc.)
- Includes user name and time/date of action
Electronic Signatures
- Approval of completed experiments, requiring re-entering password details
- Analysis reports state of approval, including name, date, time and reason for approval
Validation Documentation
- Describes map between software and 21 CFR Part 11 rule to validate software
- Standard audit response document
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