ScanImage Version History
ScanImage® 2022.1.0
Released January 2023
New Premium Features
- Sample tracking Power Boxes
- Import Tile Manager images into the ROI Group Editor
- Multiple Regions of Interest scanning support for polygonal scanning
- VTK viewer can render a tapered, irregularly shaped ROI
Universal New Features
- SI Coordinate System management for multiple objectives
- Externally Triggerable Scripts
- Support for Meadowlark Optics 1024 x 1024 SLM
- Improved implementation for Thorlabs MCM6000
- GUIs Recoloring implementation to save, load, and apply coloring to windows of ScanImage. Useful for dual acquisition engines.
Improvements
- Improvement to sample clock synchronization on standard speed vDAQs
- Improved fastZ stack with step waveform in RggScan
- Improvements to the Data Recorder
- Fix Photostim ROI Group Optimization button
- NI LinScan Live Image from ROI Group Editor now pulls from correct channels
- Pan and Zoom in Y while polygonal scanning
ScanImage® 2022.0.0 and Newer
Released July 2022
We’ve moved!
- Please contact your Principal Investigator, purchaser or equivalent for new login details.
New Features
- Zaber stage display dragging control
- Waveform Generator
- Waveform Recorder
- Polygonal scanning implemented for both vDAQ and NI Systems
- QLM License Manager
ScanImage® 2021.1.0
Released December 2021
New Features
- 3D visualization of stack data
Hardware Improvements
- Galvo control: Add configurable voltage offset.
- Meadowlark SLM 512×512 now end-of-life
- Meadowlark SLM 1920 Linked to newest Meadowlark driver
- Added Support for NI DAQmx 21.3.x
- Stack controls: Modified behavior of actuator lag to only apply time shift control signal.
- Shutters: Add safeguard option to prevent opening when pointing beams.
- Arbitrary line scanning: Improved data processing performance.
- vDAQ: Breakout display now visualizes IO pin values.
- Sutter MP285-A: Velocity parameter now settable
ScanImage® 2021.0.0
Released June 2021
Features
- New Tile Manager Feature
- Scientifica Holostim 3D support
- Motorized half-wave plate support
- PI-E861 PiezoWalk Controller support
- Thorlabs PMTs 2xxx improvements
ScanImage Improvements
- Improved startup times
- Zaber stage lockstep support
- Channel histogram view
- Beams GUI/configuration overhaul
- Galvo offset voltage configurable
- General stability improvements
ScanImage® 2020.1.1
Released January 2021
PI Piezo Driver Changes
- Default to closed loop.
Enhancements
- Large stack start performance
ScanImage® 2020.1.0
Released December 2020
- High speed vDAQ support
- Photon counting
- Time Multiplexed Acquisition
- Motor system
- Software limits for Z motion
- New driver for Thorlabs Kinesis motors
- New Zaber stage driver (requires Matlab 2017b or later)
- New Scientifica stage driver
- New Marzhauser Tango driver
- Cameras
uManager 2.0 support - SLM photostimulation
- Improved workflow for SLM alignment
- NOTE: when upgrading from an older ScanImage version, the SLM alignment needs to be redone
ScanImage® 2020.0.0
Released August 2020
Enhanced user experience
- New configuration editor
- Apply configuration changes without restart
- Breakout panel visualization for vDAQ
- Device widgets
- New beams system
- USB connection for PI Piezos
National Instruments
- NI DAQmx 20.1 support
ScanImage® 2019bR1
Released April 2020
vDAQ
- NEW Support vDAQ firmware A1
- Mirrorcle support
- Improved DMA transfer
- National Instruments:
- NI DAQmx 19.6 support
Meadowlark SLM
- Enable triggering support
ScanIamge® 2019bR0
Released December 2019
- vDAQ Support
- Live Motor Updates
- New Stack Controls
- 3D Shot workflow
ScanImage® 2019aR0
Released June 2019
- New Remote Control Feature
- SLM Diffraction Efficiency Calibration
- vDAQ Hardware
- New Licensing Model
- ASI stage controllers
- [Polygonal Mirrors] Support
- [DAQmx] 19.0 support
ScanImage® 2018bR1
Released December 2018
- Improvements to Camera View GUI.
ScanImage® 2018b
Released October 2018
- 3D Motion Correction
- Oscilloscope Mode
- Widefield Camera Support
- Support for Meadowlark Overdrive
ScanImage® 2018a
Released June 2018
- Photon Counting using a fast digitizer
- 3D Motion Correction
- Acquisition Gating for low rep rate Lasers
- Offline Data Viewer
ScanImage® 2017b
Released December 2017
- Z Motion Correction
- Improved Galvo Waveforms
- Eliminated FastZ Volume Period Adjustment
- Custom Header Properties
ScanImage® 2016b
Released March 2017
- SLM & Galvo/Galvo targeted Photostimulation,
- Support for 2P Mesoscope, multi-ROI (MROI) imaging; FastZ step mode,
- Motion Correction, Online analysis, arbitrary line scanning,
- Optimization and caching of waveform AO’s
- PLUS all features in SI5