Richardson Technologies (RTI) is the innovator of microscope technology that has redefined how scientists work, how they use their instruments - in fact, how they see life.

Richardson has created the Real-Time Microscope (RTM™), a complete imaging system that provides revolutionary capabilities. The RTM shows, with precise clarity and contrast, the workings of living samples in real-time, in full color, in their normal condition, without fixation, staining or dehydration. Fresh samples can be put on the RTM and viewed at magnifications of 12-15,000 times, at resolutions at or below 185 nanometres and detection limits of better than 50 nanometres - within less than 15 seconds. Particle resolution below 200 nm and detection below 80 nm allow the observation of organelles and vesicles, which have never before been seen moving inside cells.

The principle behind the RTM is inverted dark-field contrast in an ultra-stable, ultra-clean microscope system with full color imaging capability. The RTM system is an all-analog, all-optical set of techniques; it is not digitally enhanced microscopy.

The RTM Imaging System includes the microscope hardware, image management software and systems to store, analyze and edit images. Each RTM system is custom-designed to your precise research and recording needs.

Richardson Technologies welcomes your comments at www.richardson-tech.com or 1.905.951.7058 or 1.888.494.4541 (Canada and USA only).