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Aperio GT 180 Scanner - Continuous slide rack loading and compact design

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It's Time for a 180 - Because Proven Technology Means Better Pathology

The Aperio GT 180 scanner delivers the proven image quality and speed of trusted Aperio scanners in a design that works for your lab.

For many researchers, the shift to digital pathology still feels like a daunting task. Teams are navigating increasing pressure to do more with less, all while balancing tight timelines and growing expectations around collaboration and consistency. Modern labs need a digital pathology slide scanner that’s compact, cost-effective, and capable of delivering high-quality results without expert-level training.

Key Features and Benefits of the Aperio GT 180 Scanner

  • Compact, Integrated Design – Built-in touchscreen; no external PC or monitor required.
  • Easy-to-use - limited training required
  • Mid-Capacity Loading – Scans up to 180 slides with continuous rack access.
  • Proven Optical Quality – Leica optics deliver sharp, high-quality whole slide images.
  • Fast Scanning – Scans a 15mm x 15mm area in 32 seconds at 40x.
  • AI Quality Control* – Aperio iQC Software detects and flags image issues.
  • Manual Scan & Extended Focus* – Optional tools for image clarity and fine adjustments.
  • DICOM & Z-Stack Support* – Optional 20x/40x scanning and multi-layer viewing.
  • Workflow Integration – Compatible with .svs/DICOM formats and 1D/2D barcodes.
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For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.
*Optional Features

Aperio GT 180 Slide Scanner Features

Built for your Lab

The compact design of the Aperio GT 180 scanner makes it the ideal starting point for labs ready for digital pathology. With built-in touchscreen technology and no controller computer, monitor, or keyboard, the Aperio GT 180 scanner fits into the most compact laboratory benchtop spaces.
With a custom objective lens, designed specifically for digital pathology, coupled with patented image capture technology, the Aperio GT 180 scanner leverages the proven imaging capabilities and optical pathway of the Aperio GT 450 scanner. Perform expert pathology without sacrificing your space or budget, with no scanning knowledge required to achieve best-in-class whole slide image (WSI) quality.
 

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Continuous Slide Rack Loading

The Aperio GT 180 scanner, with its open-faced design, allows for continuous rack loading while scanning is in progress, maximizing productivity. Easy access to the loading area ensures seamless operation, reducing workflow interruptions and eliminating downtime between batches. This feature optimizes slide throughput, enabling technicians to maintain consistent processing speeds throughout the day.

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Advanced Digital Pathology Features

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Aperio iQC Software*

Optional Aperio iQC software enhances automatic image quality control, ensuring confidence before scans are delivered. Using AI-enabled detection, it identifies whole slide image (WSI) artifacts and provides notifications through a quality control dashboard, flagging issues and recommending corrective actions so anyone in the lab can rescan.

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Manual Slide Scanning*

Gain control over slide capture, which helps ensure high-quality images from even the most challenging tissue samples. Quickly rescan slides from the same location, making real-time adjustments to faint stains, small tissue fragments, or low-density samples. This feature minimizes workflow disruptions and enhances image clarity and consistency.

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Extended Focus*

An efficient imaging solution that enhances image quality while optimizing storage needs. By combining multiple focus layers into a single, ultra-sharp image, Extended Focus ensures all cells remain in focus without requiring users to scroll through layers. Smaller file sizes speed up data transfer, facilitating faster collaboration and enabling remote access to high-quality images.

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Default Calibration Point

Default Calibration Point reduces the risk of striping from the start, allowing lab managers to maintain image clarity without additional adjustments. technicians benefit from a streamlined scanning process that enhances efficiency and delivers consistently high-quality results with minimal effort.

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DICOM with 20x,40x and Z-Stack*

Aperio GT 180 uses a high-performance objective manufactured by Leica Microsystems, which has produced world-class optics since 1847. Leica optics deliver exceptional image quality.

  • Available alongside .svs, DICOM enables image clarity, improved collaboration, and a streamlined workflow.
  • 20x and 40x options for clear and detailed views of samples
  • Z-Stacking enables the review of slide samples at varied heights

*Optional Features

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It’s Time for a 180 Because Proven Technology Means Better Pathology

The Aperio GT 180 scanner is designed to bring digital pathology within reach, whether you’re driving innovation in research, managing daily lab operations, or ensuring IT systems run smoothly. 25+ years of digital pathology expertise can help everyone in your lab take the next step into digital pathology with confidence.

Proven Pathology Technology for Researchers

Gain deeper insights with high-quality digital slides, ensuring precision and reproducibility with expertly crafted Leica optics. Experience seamless integration into research workflows, enabling effortless collaboration and more efficient analysis.

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Proven Pathology Technology for Lab Managers

Easy to use and intuitive to learn, the continuous loading, high-automation, and small footprint enables labs to enjoy a smooth, stress-free digital pathology workflow. Advanced feature options such as Manual Scan, for challenging slides, and Aperio iQC software, to streamline quality control.

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Proven Pathology Technology for IT Managers

Secure, scalable, and easy to integrate; seamlessly connect the Aperio GT 180 scanner to your lab’s existing systems and infrastructure and leverage the widely used .svs or standardized DICOM file format for rapid integration with downstream software.

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Unrivaled Whole Slide Image Quality

Capture every critical detail with exceptional clarity, from cellular grooves and chromatin structure to intracellular bridges in H&E, or crisp, clear images of your IHC, ISH, and brightfield multiplex slides.

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Événements mitotiques (sein)
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Precision, Potential to Scale, and Peace of Mind

Digital pathology scan speeds have not always been fast enough at 40x magnification to keep up with high-volume scanning (120k+ slides per year). Real-Time Focusing (RTF)** offers a potential solution to this problem. It’s a novel method to capture a digital image that combines an imaging line sensor and a focusing line sensor.

  1. While scanning, the focusing line sensor receives focusing data of the tissue.
  2. Proprietary algorithms determine the best focus value.
  3. Then, each best focus value is treated like a control loop with the mechanics, feeding the best focus value to the objective height on the fly.
  4. The positioning adjustments of the objective are performed continuously (in real time) in order to enable the imaging line sensor to capture the image at its best possible focus. Hence, real time focusing.

**US Patent no. 9,841,590

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Rainures nucléaires (thyroïde)

Aperio GT 180 Slide Scanner Specifications

Summary of Specifications

Maximum Slide Capacity: 180
Rack capacity: 6 Leica Universal racks, 30-slide capacity (part number 23RACKGT450) are provided with the Aperio GT 180
Racks compatible with Leica HistoCore SPECTRA Workstation: Yes
Continuous rack loading while scanning: Yes
Priority rack scanning: Yes
Manual Scan*: Yes
DICOM compatible with 20x, 40x and Z-Stack*: Yes
Extended Focus*: Yes
Aperio iQC software*: Yes
Default Calibration Point*: Yes
Automated Narrow Stripe*: Yes
Z-Stacking*: Yes
Magnification: 20x*, and 40x
Resolution: 0.26 μm/pixel at 40x
Scan speed (15mm x 15mm area at 40x): 32 sec
Sustained throughput (15mm x 15mm area at 40x): 81 slides/hr.
Automated Image Quality Check: Yes
Slide sizes accepted: 1x3
Field of View (FOV) 1mm
Barcode engines: 1D and 2D symbology
Dimension: 52.8 cm (20.8”) Width x 65.0 cm (25.6”) Depth x 49.5 cm (19.5) Height
Weight: 126 lbs (57.0 kg)

Environmental Specifications

Feature Details
Dimensions 52.8 cm (20.8”)Width x 65.0 cm (25.6”) Depth x 49.5 cm (19.5”) Height
Weight 126 lbs (57.0 kg)
Operating conditions

The Aperio GT 180 is designed to be operated under the following environmental conditions: 

  • Indoor use
  • Overvoltage Category II
  • 20% to 80% relative humidity (RH), non-condensing
  • Operating temperature: 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F)
Storage conditions 0° to 50°C, 25% to 95% RH, non-condensing
Transport conditions -30° to 50°C, 25% to 95% RH, non-condensing
System heat dissipation Maximum 870 BTU/hr.
Maximum elevation 10,000 ft
Degree of pollution 2 (IEC 61010-1) – Suitable for environments where only nonconductive pollution occurs, with occasional temporary conductivity due to condensation
Environmental RoHS conform (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) according to Directive 2011/65/EU
Certification Certificate of Registration –  Quality Management System
ISO 13485:2016