Table 1.

Example of optical mapping configurations using dual sensors

Sensor	aAndor Zyla 4.2 PLUS	Photometrics EMCCD	SciMedia N256	IDS UI-3220CP-M-GL	IDS UI-3360CP-NIR-GL
Peak QE	82%	> 92%	55%	50%	60%
Sensor size (MM)	1.7 × 2.5	3.1 × 3.1	17.6 × 17.6	2.9 × 4.5	6 × 11.3
Pixel size (UM)	6.5	24	69	6	5.5
No. of pixels	256 × 384 (rat) 640 × 512 (pig)	128 × 128	256 × 256	120 × 160	160 × 220
Digitization	16-bit	16-bit	14-bit	10-bit	12-bit
Effective frame rate	814 (rat) 406 (pig)	530	1000	400 (pig)	1000
Total cost, # cameras	$18 k, 1 camera	$70 k, 2 cameras	$107 k, 2 cameras	$1600, 2 cameras	$2400, 2 cameras

^anote: novel configuration described in this manuscript