Confocal Microscopy provides optical sectioning, the ability to observe discrete planes in 3D samples. Nikon offers both point-scanning confocal instruments, led by our AX / AX R confocal system, as well as spinning disk (field scanning) confocal systems from top manufacturers.Nikon AX/AX R Confocal Microscope System, our 10th generation point scanning confocal, giving you more of everything: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), expanding the number of colors, improving pixel density, sensitivity and speed.