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Table 3 Characteristics of microarray scanners.

From: Scanner calibration revisited

Scanner

Channel

PMTi

B

a

gii

Agilent

Cy3

100

106

0.95

11.90

Agilent

Cy3

50

52

0.95

12.14

Agilent

Cy3

20

21

0.94

12.12

Agilent

Cy5

100

54

0.98

3.90

Agilent

Cy5

50

28

0.98

4.04

Agilent

Cy5

20

11

0.99

4.76

GenePix

Cy3

500

208

0.74

7.45

Bio-Rad

Cy3

500

4

0.84

8.33

Bio-Rad

Cy5

500

11

0.86

3.85

  1. i PMT settings are particular for each instrument and should not be compared between the instruments.
  2. ii The dimension of the g value is in Fluorophores/um2.