Table 1.

Comparison of Laser-Assisted Microdissection Systems

	Arcturus XT	Leica LMD 6000	PALM MicroBeam
Company	MDS Analytical Technologies	Leica Microsystems	Carl Zeiss
Infrared (IR) laser	Yes	No	No
Ultraviolet (UV) laser	Yes	Yes	Yes
Collection of microdissected cells	Cells captured with IR laser	Cells fall by gravity into a tube	Cells catapulted with UV laser in a tube
Automatic cell recognition program	Available and tested	Available and tested	Available, not tested
Shape expansion modus*	No	Yes	Yes

^*Shape expansion modus: software feature that allows increasing the perimeter of the cutting line of the automatically selected cells to avoid cell damage during the cutting procedure.