ScanImage 3.6.1 is a required service pack release, with important enhancements/bugfixes.
Enhancements
- Allow 2048 pixels/line
- All graphical interaction tools (line scan/ROI/power box selection) now use new functions (independent of Image Processing toolbox) with improved stability – and ability to cancel, using escape/delete.
Bugfixes
ScanImage 3.6.0 README (12-08-2010)
ScanImage 3.6 has been developed primarily to support fast raster scanning – bidirectional scanning, in particular, as well as faster sawtooth scanning – providing a 4x increase in the line scan rate compared to ScanImage 3.5 and earlier versions (0.5ms/line vs 2ms/line typically used in earlier versions).
ScanImage 3.6 makes significant changes to core scanning functionality. There are both changes at the user interface level (the CONFIGURATION dialog is completely revamped) as well as under the hood. Users familiar with earlier releases should expect a short learning period to become familiar with the new scan parameters and user interface.
ScanImage 3.6 adds significant performance enhancements to the 'streaming' functions – those which are executed as callbacks to process incoming data during live acquisition. As a result, display/processing/disk-logging can be sustained for high frame rate imaging, up to >60fps, using readily available and inexpensive computer hardware.
ScanImage 3.6 removes several features that were visible in earlier versions: PowerBox Stepper, ROI Cycler, UncagingMapper, and Custom Timings. These specialty features have not been widely used/tested to include with the current release. They may be recapitulated in the future. In addition, ScanImage 3.6 disables Cycle mode operation, which provides ability to program stage movements between acquisitions. However, Cycle mode operation has been restored and tested in ScanImage 3.5.1, which is being co-released with ScanImage 3.6. It is planned to add Cycle mode operation back to a future ScanImage release.