For specimens thicker than most live cell imaging applications, such as brain slices, Prior developed the NZ200 NanoScan Stage featuring 200 µm travel in the Z Axis. The stage is sold as a stand alone device that can be mounted on a wide range of XY stages including manually driven examples. The NanoScan is also available configured to fit the Prior range of ProScan motorised stages as well as those from other scanning stage manufacturers.It can also be controlled directly by many leading imaging software packages or through analogue voltage signals generated by data acquisition cards or the ProScan PCI controller.