The Ambis Two Dimensional Beta Scanner

Summary

The AMBIS two dimensional scanner will scan quantitatively any two dimensional surface such as thin-layer chromatography plates, gel electrophoresis, blot or whole body sections — for beta particle emission. The raw counts data of every spot or band can be printed out as total or percentage total radioactivity. A large range of software programs allows the comparison of any of the areas of interest stored in the memory, the determination of protein molecular weights, the production of taxonomic data bases, counting of dot blots, examination of whole body frozen sections, etc. Direct photography of the scan picture on the video monitor yields a picture practically identical to, and with the resolution of, an autoradiograph.