Glossary

DMD

Digital Micromirror Device

Optical Degrees

Unit of angular deflection of the laser off of a mirror. 1 mechanical degree of rotation of a scanner shaft equates to 2 optical degrees due to the law of reflection.

ROI

Region of Interest

MROI

Multiple Regions of Interest

ScanField

Area (typically a rectangle) that is scanned by a scanner. The ScanField is often used to describe the Regions of Interest (ROI) and is measured in optical degrees.

SLM

Spatial Light Modulator

RMR

Rapid Multi Region Scanhead

MDF

Stands for ‘Machine Data File’ which is a MATLAB .m file containing the hardware configuration of your microscope in a human readable format.

Objective Resolution

A ratio of the linear distance (in microns) between pixel positions after stage movement divided by the optical degrees for movement based off the ScanField. im1

Power Box

A control in ScanImage that allows beam power to be modulated differently within specified regions of a ScanField. Power boxes can be configured to activated/deactivated at a certain frame to facilitate time varying experiments.

LUT

Look Up Table