Stereo Investigator®– Cleared Tissue Edition

The gold standard in unbiased stereology for use on cleared tissue
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Stereo Investigator-Cleared Tissue Edition allows researchers to use the world’s most cited stereology software — MBF Bioscience’s Stereo Investigator — to analyze intact, cleared tissue specimens imaged with light sheet or confocal microscopes. Researchers around the world trust Stereo Investigator Cleared Tissue Edition for their unbiased stereology needs, including quantification of cell number, fiber length, and regional volumes and areas.

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Key Benefits

Stereo Investigator-Cleared Tissue Edition is the gold standard in unbiased stereology for use on cleared tissue. It allows researchers to use the world’s most cited stereology software—MBF Bioscience’s Stereo Investigator —to analyze intact, cleared tissue specimens imaged with light sheet or confocal microscopes, and even MicroCT. The program reads image files produced by most light sheet and confocal microscopes including ClearScope, Zeiss, Hamamatsu, Leica, Olympus, and more.

Design-based stereology is a set of data analysis methods that ensure integrity in the quantitative analysis of the size, shape, and number of objects in a tissue sample. Stereology produces results that are unbiased and more reliable than non-stereologic analyses. Traditional, unbiased stereology was created to accurately quantify tissue sections. We’ve developed a new method in Stereo Investigator Cleared Tissue Edition to solve the challenges inherent in working with large intact cleared tissue or thick slabs of cleared tissue. Image Volume Fractionator is a new, state-of-the-art stereological probe developed by MBF Bioscience to count cells in large, 3D images of intact specimens.

Along with the Image Volume Fractionator, there are numerous stereological probes included in Stereo Investigator-Cleared Tissue Edition for quantifying number, length, surface, volume, and area. These include the following:

 

Number Length
  • Image Volume Fractionator
  • Image Volume Spaceballs
  • Cycloids for Lv
Volume/Area Surface
  • Area Fraction Fractionator
  • Nucleator
  • Cavalieri Estimator
  • Planar Rotator
  • Optical Rotator
  • Isotropic Fakir
  • Surfactor
  • Optical Rotator
Recommended Hardware Requirements
8-Core processor
Configured with 64GB of RAM
NVIDIA 1060 graphics card (1060=6GB)
Windows 10 OS
Compatible with the following file formats
  • JP2
  • TIF
  • BTF
  • LSM
  • CZI
  • H5
  • OIB
  • OIF
  • LIF
  • And more!

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Stereo Investigator® - Cleared Tissue Edition 2022 Release Notes
Released February 2023

New Features and Enhancements:

  • Added ability to create a single section in the serial section manager for support of counting cut slabs of tissue 
  • Improvements in parameter reporting for Image Volume Fractionator and Image Volume Spaceballs 

 

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Our Range of Stereology Solutions

Feature Description

Stereo Investigator MICROSCOPE EDITION

Stereo Investigator DESKTOP EDITION

Stereo Investigator CLEARED TISSUE EDITION

The gold standard for unbiased stereology
Quantifies number, length, volume, & surface area of cells, structures, & regions
Works with 3D images
Analyzes large 3D images aquired from light sheet and confocal microscopes
Works with 2D images
Analysis with images acquired from slide scanners
Integrated microscope control to work directly with live images at the microscope
Acquire 3D/2D images for Systematic Random Sampling (SRS)

Who Is Using Stereo Investigator - Cleared Tissue Edition?

Stereo Investigator – Cleared Tissue Edition is used across the globe by the most prestigious laboratories. 

News About Stereo Investigator - Cleared Tissue Edition

Cited in Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications

Stereo Investigator has been cited in over 8,000 published research papers. 5 times more than its nearest competitor.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Will the program work with different tissue clearing techniques?

Yes, the program is compatible with many tissue clearing techniques including CLARITY, iDISCO, uDISCO, SeeDB, Scale, and CUBIC.

What kind of images will the software work with?

The software will work with big image data from most research microscope imaging systems including light sheet, confocal, confocal resonant scanning, two-photon, and fluorescence.

What types of analyses can I perform with Stereo Investigator - Cleared Tissue Edition?

Researchers use Stereo Investigator - Cleared Tissue Edition to perform quantitative analysis of cell populations, cell area and volume, fiber or capillary length, and area and volume of regions of interest.

What’s the difference between Stereo Investigator and Stereo Investigator - Cleared Tissue Edition?

Both programs allow researchers to obtain quantitative data from tissue specimens. However, Stereo Investigator is for use with physical sections that have been cut on cryostats or microtomes, while Stereo Investigator Cleared Tissue Edition has been tailored to accommodate images that contain an entire region of interest acquired from intact cleared tissue.

Do I need an image of an entire organ to use the software?

No, you can use Stereo Investigator Cleared Tissue Edition with an image of a smaller region of interest within an organ, for example, the caudate putamen of the brain, as long as the entire region of interest is contained in the image.

Do you have a complete solution for cleared tissue imaging and stereology?

Yes, you can pair ClearScope, MBF Bioscience’s complete light sheet theta microscope system with Stereo Investigator Cleared Tissue Edition for a complete acquisition to quantitative data analysis pipeline.

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Robust Professional Support

Our service sets us apart, with a team that includes Ph.D. neuroscientists, experts in microscopy, stereology, neuron reconstruction, and image processing.  We’ve also developed a host of additional support services, including:

  • Forums
    We have over 25 active forums where open discussions take place.
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  • On-Site/Training
    We’ve conducted over 750 remote software installations.
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  • Webinars
    We’ve created over 55 webinars that demonstrate our products & their uses.
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Request an Expert Demonstration

We offer a free expert demonstration of Stereo Investigator – Cleared Tissue Edition. During your demonstration you’ll also have the opportunity to talk to us about your hardware, software, or experimental design questions with our team of Ph.D. neuroscientists and experts in microscopy, neuron tracing, and image processing.

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