Iconeus One - Functional Ultrasound Imaging System for Neuroscience
The Iconeus One is a cutting-edge functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging system designed for neuroscientists, offering high sensitivity and resolution for brain imaging. It enables real-time monitoring of brain activity in both awake and moving animals, overcoming limitations associated with traditional methods like fMRI, which require anesthesia. Central to its functionality is plane-wave ultrasound technology, which facilitates rapid, high-resolution imaging. Iconeus One features low-noise probes for efficient data acquisition, and a four-axis motorized platform for detailed imaging. The system's software is user-friendly and equipped with the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas for enhanced data analysis. It supports a wide range of animal models, including rodents, primates, and reptiles, with customized probes optimizing performance for specific applications. Additionally, it boasts state-of-the-art ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) for unprecedented spatial resolution. This comprehensive system ensures accurate monitoring of cerebral blood volume changes and other hemodynamic parameters with ease.
Iconeus One
The only fUS system designed specifically for neuroscientists
Iconeus One is an imaging system with a difference – one with the sensitivity and resolution needed to see what’s happening in the brain at the finest scales. Not only does it work on awake or moving animals, but you can even see what’s happening in real-time.
And we’re well aware that you don’t want to spend ages learning how to use it. So we’ve taken special efforts to make the software and hardware easy to use – and of course customizable to your specific needs.
What you get with Iconeus One
Here’s what’s available with our standard Iconeus One package:
- A portable imaging station, featuring our plane-wave ultrasound technology.
- A height-adjustable keyboard and monitor.
- An ultrasound probe, optimized for the animal model you’re studying (in a mobile or head-fixed configuration).
- A four-axis motorized scanning platform for imaging head-fixed animals.
- Easy-to-use software with an interactive live viewer, integrated adult mouse brain reference atlas, and three additional licenses for off-line data analysis.
- Installation, training, ongoing support, and a one-year extended warranty.
Probes, robotic automation, software and more…
Our plane-wave functional ultrasound technology lies at the heart of the success of Iconeus One. But the performance of the whole system depends on some other innovations too, including:
- Low-noise, ultra-light probes that are easily interfaced with the animal
- A robotic platform with four dimensions of movement (X, Y, Z and rotation) for in-depth, automated scanning
- Highly parallel ultrasound electronics, allowing simultaneous acquisition of large amounts of data and efficient removal of non-vascular signals from surrounding tissues
- Easy-to-use software, with a live viewer for instant insights and a reference atlas for the adult mouse brain.
Quality products… and customer commitment
At Iconeus, we’re committed to developing quality products that are easy to use and that stand the test of time. All our hardware and software is designed from the ground up and manufactured to the highest standards, for reliable fUS imaging – day in, day out.
Every fUS system and probe that we ship is thoroughly tested beforehand. And if there are any issues that we can’t resolve easily, we’ll just ship a new replacement machine or probe to you, so that you can carry on with your work.