4pi must obtain information about your EM to ensure that any system or upgrade purchased is configured with the correct cables and signals. 4pi tech support works with you or your EM service provider to determine if your microscope has readily accessible external scan controls. A list of the more common EMs we encounter and interface to is shown below.

• Amray
• Cambridge Instruments
• Cameca Instruments
• CamScan
• Electroscan
• ETEC
• FEI (Philips)
• Fisons VG Microscopes
• Hitachi
• ISI/Topcon
• JEOL
• LEO
• Zeiss

4pi Revolution is a full-featured imaging software package for acquiring and displaying S(T)EM and CCD images using the Spectral Engine II. For analysis and image manipulation, there are several recommended 3rd-party software packages:

• ImageJ is cross-platform Java freeware from the National Institutes of Health.

• Adobe Photoshop is cross-platform commercial image manipulation software from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

• IPLab Spectrum is cross-platform commercial image analysis software from Scanalytics Corporation.

• ImagNSpect is MacOS8-9 freeware by Dr. David Kopf.

• Portfolio is cross-platform image archiving software available from Extensis.