The images acquired by FLUOVIEW™ FV4000, FV4000MPE, FV3000, and FVMPE-RS™ laser scanning microscopes can be reviewed in the cellSens™ FV Viewer software. The file formats OIR, OIF, OIB, and VSI are supported. You can export files to general file formats, such as BITMAP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, MP4, OIF, OIB, and FLUOVIEW Multi-TIFF. If you have a license for cellSens FV Desktop, the image analysis, processing, and 3D view functions are available.

Installation Procedure

1. Before installation

The software comes with a cellSens FV LICENSE AGREEMENT. Prior to downloading the software, please read the cellSens FV LICENSE AGREEMENT. When you download the software, you are agreeing to this AGREEMENT.

2. Confirm the upgradable version

If you already use cellSens FV Desktop, please check whether your software can be updated to this version using the procedure below.

1) Launch the cellSens FV Desktop software.

2) Select “About cellSens FV” from the Help menu.

3) Confirm the updatable version in the “About cellSens FV” window.

* The updatable version is determined depending on the message displayed:

• When “Updatable Version: X.X and its next version” is displayed, you can update to the next version with your current license.
• When “Updatable Version: X.X" is displayed, you can update to the version described.

* If your current license is not valid for upgrading to this version, please purchase the upgrade to access the latest version (your current version must be version 3.1.1 or later).

3. System requirements

• OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 16-bit (English)
• CPU: 64-bit CPU with multiple cores operating at １GHz or higher
• Chipset: Intel genuine chipset
• RAM: SDRAM 8 GB or more
• HDD or SSD: 64 GB or more (minimum required free space for installation: 1 GB)
• Graphic and display adapter: NVIDIA Quadro T1000 or better

* When cellSens FV software and the TruAI™ noise reduction function are installed together, RAM should be 64 GB or higher and graphics should be NVIDIA RTXA4500 or higher.

• Display resolution: WQHD (2560 × 1440), WGXGA (2560 × 1600) or higher.

* Set 100% on Windows display settings for texts, apps, and other items.

4. Download procedure

* Select the file you want to download from the right side of the page.

• Download file name: cellSensFV_Ver3.1.1.zip (736 MB)

* Enter the required information to download the file.

• Serial no: please input the serial number on the back of the touch panel controller (TPC) of the FLUOVIEW microscope system. Refer to the figures below.

Front (left) and back (right) of the touch panel controller

Serial number for BX63LF (alphanumeric string of 7 characters)

5. Installation procedure

1) Close all software applications.

2) Decompress the downloaded zip file. Save the decompressed file in the appropriate location (desktop, etc.) on the PC.

3) Execute setup.exe in the DISK1 folder; you must have administrator privileges.

4) Start the installation according to the instructions displayed on the screen.

* If you have a license for cellSens FV Desktop, please activate your license after installation following the procedure in the “cellSens FV Procedure for License Activation” document.

* Please install the latest bug fixes after installing this software. You can find them here.

6. Uninstallation

* If you have a cellSens FV Desktop license, make sure to deactivate the license before uninstallation. If you do not deactivate the license before uninstalling, you will not be able to reactivate the license on another PC. The procedure to deactivate the license is in the “cellSens FV Procedure for License Activation” document.

1) Close all software applications.

2) Open Settings from the Start menu and click Application.

3) Select “cellSens FV” from the list on the Applications and functions window, then click the Uninstall button. When the confirmation message appears, click the Yes button.