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iScan System User Guide 53
Images
Images
ThissectiondescribeshowtoreviewimagesofthescannedBeadChipsintheiScan
ControlSoftwarebeforeclosingthesoftware.
Selecting Images to View
1 SelecttheBeadChipwhoseimagesyouwanttoreview,intheBeadChipcarrier
schematicatthetopleftsideofthescreen.
2 ClickascannedstripeintheBeadChipsummary.
Theimageappearsinthemainpartofthescreen.SomeBeadChipstripesareimaged
usingtwoorthreesmallerstripes,knownasswaths.Thefollowingfigureshowsan
examplewithtwoswaths.
Figure37ICSReviewScreenAfterSelectingaStripe
Swath1,shownonthetopportionofthescreen,istheimageforthetophalfofthe
imagedstripe.Swath2,shownonthebottomportionofthescreen,istheimagefor
thebottom halfoftheimagedstripe.Thetwoswathsslightlyoverlapeachother
alongtheir
commonedgetocreatetheimagefortheentirestripe.Anexamplewith
threeswathswouldshowtheswathsarrangedinthetop,middle,andbottom
portionsofthescreen,withtheswathsslightlyoverlappingeachotheralongtheir
commonedges.
ForBeadChipswhosestripesarenotscannedusingtwoorthreeswaths,imageswill
onlyappearintheupperwindow.
3 Iftheimagesappearverydark,clicktheAutoContrastbutton tooptimizethe
imagesettingssoyoucanseeboththegreenandredchannelsintheimage.
NOTE
OnceyouclickDoneontheReviewscreen,youarereturnedtotheICS
Welcomescreenandwillnolongerbeabletoviewtheimagesinthe
iScanControlSoftware.