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Automatic Colony counter
Measurement accuracy of this product is evaluated to be the best in Japan.
The measurement accuracy was evaluated to be the best at the Olympic demonstration among products of six companies in 2010.
This was also evaluated to have excellent measurement accuracy at the Olympic demonstration in 2012.
Please see the observation examples. We will also visit for a demonstration so that you can confirm the performance.
Contact us and request a sample test first.
Development and production are completely carried out in Japan, and both customization and after-sales service are ensured.
Features
- Our unique lighting technique enables high precision measurement.
- Overlapping colonies can be measured separately.
- Different types of colonies can be measured separately by using different colors.
- Equipped with 2 measurement modes: simple and standard.
- The measurement target range with regard to colony size can be set freely.
- Saved images can be re-measured any time.
- Depending on the type of colony, the optimal method of monochrome conversion can be selected from four different options.
- Counting can be manually adjusted to either plus or minus.
- Data can be transferred to a spreadsheet.
POINT 1 Uniform lighting
Our original lighting technique provides a uniform background within the measurement area for both bright and dark fields.
It selectively counts individual colonies even while taking into account subtle differences between culture medium and colony.
PSF-2000 Ununiform brightness (At the time of bright field, dark field)
The following is a result of ununiform brightness in a petri dish confirmed by us.
PSF-1000 type has a sufficient uniform brightness to count a colony, and the PSF-2000 type has even more uniform brightness.
PSF-1000 Ununiform brightness (At the time of bright field, dark field)
POINT 2 Two measurement modes
The software contains two measurement modes: one is to measure different types of colonies for research and the other is to measure a large amount of the same type of colonies for quality control and these modes can be switched for use.
Simple mode image
While displaying a live image, the brightness of the image and the threshold value for extraction of only a colony can be adjusted to set up the optimal measurement condition for counting colonies. It is suitable for counting different types of colonies during each measurement. It is easy and intuitive to operate, and respective measurement conditions can be saved and retrieved at any time.
- Use application
- Convenient for research and development. Easily countable on various culture media without setting any condition.
Standard mode image
The optimal measurement condition for each colony type can be set in advance. This mode is suitable for measuring a large amount of the same type of colonies. Detailed settings for measurement conditions are available according to the following treatment in simple mode.
- Four types of monochrome conversion
- Flattening of culture media with ununiform brightness
- Excluding non-circular foreign matter, etc.
- Separate measurements of different types of colonies by using up to four colors.
- Use application
- Convenient for inspection. Counts some samples on the same culture medium.
POINT 3 Four types of monochrome conversion
To separate a colony from a culture medium, the monochrome conversion method with optimal contrast can be selected. (Standard mode only)
Original image
Simple monochrome conversion
Monochrome conversion with B-component extraction
Monochrome conversion with G-component extraction
(Best monochrome conversion with contrast)
Monochrome conversion with R-component extraction
The higher the contrast is between a culture medium and a colony, the higher the degree of precision for measurement. In the case of the left image, monochrome conversion with G-component extraction provides a higher degree of precision for measurement than simple monochrome conversion.
Line-up
PSF-1000
Low-cost colony counter with minimum necessary functions for measuring colonies
PSF-2000／3000
All-round type not only for research and inspection but also for various culture media.
* PSF-3000 is equipped with general-purpose binalized image processing software as a standard. (Various values such as area of colony, average of size and standard deviation value can be calculated.)
