BAS-5000

The FUJIFILM BAS-5000 is the highest resolution standard for all Imaging Plate equipment. The top member of FUJIFILM's family of BAS scanners, it features a superior Imaging Plate (IP) and switchable resolutions (25/50µm) for versatility in target subjects. FUJIFILM BAS-5000 does it without compromising experiment speed; even the highest resolution results are available immediately.


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Features

  • Multiple-application versatility with imaging performance 100x greater than X-ray film.

Features

Fujifilm's patented phosphor Imaging Plate (IP) is a high-sensitive, two-dimensional sensor for the detection of radioisotopes, X-rays, electrons etc. The practical use of photo stimulated luminescence (PSL) phenomenon in medical and scientific imaging was invented in Fujifilm. Phosphor imager and other IP scanners have been using the Fujifilm's patents. Bio-imaging Analyzer System (BAS) are single purpose scanner for IP reading.

Multiple-application versatility with imaging performance 100x greater than X-ray film.

Autoradiography is still the best option. Every day there seems to be a new method proclaimed for the quantitation of DNA and proteins from gels, blots and other assay systems. But scientists agree that autoradiography has been demonstrated to be the easiest, greatest and most reproducible approach.

And now even more scientists agree that the best autoradiography results come from Fijifilm Bio-Imaging Analyzer Systems (BAS) with the patented Fujifilm Imaging Plate (IP).

The BAS-5000 Image Analysis System

The BAS-5000 offers the highest image quality of any phosphor imaging system. It uses Fujifilm's unique confocal laser and light-collecting optics. The BAS-5000 is amenable to fine-structure studies of a wide variety of tissue samples. With a dynamic range up to five orders of magnitude and a pixel size as small as 25um, images captured with Fujifilm IPs and the BAS-5000 are superior to X-ray film autoradiograms. The BAS-5000 delivers superior sensitivity, accuracy, and rapid scan times; a 20 x 25 cm Imaging Plate may be scanned at 50um in as little as five minutes. Making the BAS-5000 not only the most powerful phosphor imaging system when it comes to resolving images, but one of the fastest as well.

The range of recommended applications for the BAS-5000 system includes Molecular Biology (2D electrophoresis, Macro Arrays); Neuroanatomy; Neurophysiology; Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, (whole body autoradiography and thin layer chromatography); and Physical and Material Structural Analysis, (X-ray crystallography, semiconductor wafer check and non-destructive testing).

The Phosphor Imaging Plate

The Fujifilm IP is a reusable two-dimensional sensor for the detection and storage of ionizing radiation energy in photostimulable phosphor crystals. Fujifilm IPs are approximately 100 times more sensitive than X-ray film, and have greater quantitative accuracy. When Fujifilm IPs and the BAS-5000 system are used to replace standard X-ray film and processing results are available from 10 to 100 times faster. And because Fujifilm IPs are more sensitive than X-ray film, they capture information unobtainable using X-ray film autoradiography. All of these advantages can be enjoyed without the need for processing chemicals or a darkroom. And while other phosphor imaging systems have been introduced over the years, Fujifilm scanners and imaging plates remain the standard by which others are measured.

Fully Networkable

All Fujifilm research imaging systems are easily networked for seamless integration into multi-user laboratory environments. Ask your representative for details.

ISO 9002 quality

With Fujifilm, you can count on the stringent product quality and safety standards available only for an ISO 9002 certified manufacturer.

Specifications

Imaging

IP Size 20 x 25 cm
Pixel Size 25µm / 50µm / 100µm / 200µm (selectable)
Reading Time 5 min. (approximate)
Detectable Nuclides 14C, 32P, 33P, 35S, 125I, 3H,Neutron
Dynamic Range 4/5 orders of magnitude
Gradation 65,536 (16 bits)/256 (8 bits) selectablee
Shading ±5% over entire scan area

Imaging Plates(see details below)

  • BAS-MS2025, BAS-SR2025, BAS-TR2025, BAS-ND2025

Dimensions and Weight

Dimensions 1050 (W) x 500 (H) x 650 (D) mm
Weight 90kg

Image Reading Software

  • ImageReader ( Mac™OS/Windows®)

Image Analysis Software

  • Science Lab (Mac™OS/Windows®)
  • Array Gauge (Windows®)

Image Data

Time-specific expression of clock genes in rat brain Courtesy of Hitoshi Okamura, M.D., Ph.D., Div. of Molecular Brain Science, Dept. of Brain Sciences Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine 35S Labeled,exposed for 36 hours Pixel size:25µm
Expression of apoptosis gene Courtesy of Hitoshi Okamura, M.D., Ph.D., Div. of Molecular Brain Science, Dept. of Brain Sciences Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine 33P Labeled,exposed for 60 hours Pixel size:25µm
Macroarray image Courtesy of Kazuhiro Uchida,M.D.,Ph.D.,University of Tsukuba Pixel size:25µm
Clontech Plastic array detection of the Clontech plastic array was done using 33P as a label. The Enlarged image of the Clontech plastic array shows the effectiveness of the 25 µm pixel size of BAS-5000.
ARC-146H standard was exposed to BAS-SR IP and imaged by BAS-5000. The values of the radio-standards are from 132 KBq/g to 148,000 KBq/g.

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