Outside-the-box preclinical imaging

SphynxVision enables real-time, flexible preclinical fluorescence imaging under ambient light — designed for researchers who need to image during interventions, not only after them.

SphynxVision preclinical imaging system schematic
Why buy SphynxVision

Stop adapting your experiment to the imaging device.

Existing imaging facilities are powerful, but they often force researchers into scheduled access, closed-chamber workflows, animal transfer, and endpoint-style imaging. SphynxVision gives teams a bench-side, open-access way to image dynamic fluorescence during the study itself.

Imaging brilliance

Proprietary light source and image processing algorithm.

Less waiting

Image when the study is ready instead of waiting for core facility schedules, chamber-based workflows, or shared instrument availability.

More flexible studies

Support dosing, heating, perfusion, surgery, and device-assisted workflows without locking the animal inside a closed chamber.

Dynamic insight

Capture real-time fluorescence kinetics that may be missed by endpoint imaging after transfer to a closed imaging system.

Problem → Solution

Traditional imaging was built around the chamber. SphynxVision is built around the experiment.

Traditional systems
SphynxVision
× Limited in vivo resolution
Superior image quality with high in vivo resolution
× Require sealed dark chambers
Real-time imaging under ambient light
× Slow imaging and longer exposure times
Fast acquisition for dynamic and kinetic studies
× Limited ability to manipulate the animal during imaging
Enables intra-procedural imaging and intervention workflows
× Large, costly systems located in core facilities, with schedule-dependent workflows
Cost-efficient system placed in the lab that enables imaging anytime
Visual comparison

SphynxVision vs. traditional systems.

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Traditional systems

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SphynxVision

Core platform

High frame rate fluorescence imaging with workflow flexibility.

Real-time imaging

Visualize fluorescence response during the experiment with live display and fast acquisition.

Ambient light operation

No need for an enclosed chamber for flexible workflows.

Multi-wavelength selection

Support for visible-to-NIR fluorescence imaging applications.

Real time Overlay

Fluorescence overlay on background image in real time.

Kinetic imaging

Capture time series for pharmacokinetics, perfusion, and angiography studies supporting multiple frames per second.

Standard image file format with metadata

Save imaging settings, wavelength metadata, and calibration values with acquired data.

Validation

SphynxVision achieves detection sensitivity equivalent to closed chamber systems from three leading manufacturers.

SphynxVision data validation figure
Workflow

Built around the experiment, not the imaging chamber.

SphynxVision is designed to make preclinical fluorescence imaging easier to access, easier to repeat, and easier to integrate into active experimental workflows.

Place imaging at the bench

Move fluorescence imaging closer to the researcher instead of moving every study through a shared closed-chamber system.

Adapt to the study

Support interventions, dosing, heating, surgical access, perfusion, and device-assisted studies without interrupting the workflow.

Measure response in real time

Capture live fluorescence response and export ROI, intensity, and kinetic data for analysis.

Applications

SphynxVision Enables Novel Imaging Research Applications.

SphynxVision is designed for studies where imaging needs to happen during the experiment — not only after the animal has been moved into a closed imaging chamber.

Image guided surgery application

Image guided surgery

Study overview

Real-time fluorescence visualization during tumor localization, surgical manipulation, or tissue-level intervention.

Problem solved

Closed chamber systems limit physical access and make it difficult to image while the procedure is actively changing.

Why SphynxVision is essential

SphynxVision keeps the imaging field open, allowing researchers to intervene and visualize fluorescence response at the same time.

Heat-triggered drug delivery application

Heat-triggered drug delivery

Study overview

Monitor fluorescence changes during thermal activation, triggered release, nanoparticle delivery, or thermosensitive liposome studies.

Problem solved

Drug release and uptake can happen quickly. Endpoint imaging may miss when and where delivery occurred.

Why SphynxVision is essential

SphynxVision enables fluorescence imaging during heating or triggering, helping researchers capture release kinetics in real time.

Dynamic imaging application

Dynamic imaging

Study overview

Track vascular dynamics, perfusion maps, angiography, and kinetic fluorescence changes across time.

Problem solved

Perfusion and vascular response can change rapidly and may not be captured by a single endpoint image.

Why SphynxVision is essential

SphynxVision supports dynamic imaging and downstream ROI or kinetic analysis for vascular and perfusion-focused studies.

Publications

Scientific publications and conference presentations

Publications & Conference Presentations

Haemmerich, D., Newton, D.A., Patel, R.P., Rossmann, C. & VanDenburgh, A. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging of Tumors with an Open Imaging System. World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) (2026).

Haemmerich, D., Newton, D.A., Patel, R.P., Rossmann, C. & VanDenburgh, A. An Open Preclinical Imaging System Enables Fluorescence Image-Guided Procedures. World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) (2026).

Haemmerich, D., Rossmann, C., Newton, D.A., Patel, R.P. & VanDenburgh, A. Fluorescence imaging system for intra-procedural preclinical applications. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Toronto, Canada (2026).

Haemmerich, D., VanDenburgh, A., Rossmann, C., Newton, D.A. & Patel, R.P. Imaging chemotherapy delivery from thermosensitive liposomes by fluorescence imaging. Society for Thermal Medicine Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, USA (2026).

Haemmerich, D., VanDenburgh, A., Rossmann, C., Newton, D.A. & Patel, R.P. Fluorescence imaging system for real-time visualization of chemotherapy delivery. World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), Anchorage, AK, USA (2025).

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