Technology
MycoScan — microscopy, improved
MycoScan is our own way of reading your sample under the microscope — built to be more thorough and more consistent than the way it's usually done. Instead of hand-counting a small patch of the slide and estimating the rest, MycoScan photographs your entire slide in sharp focus and finds every spore on it, identifying each one the same way every time. An analyst then double-checks anything the system isn't sure about, so an expert signs off on the result. You get a count from your whole sample — with photos of exactly what was found.
The difference, in plain terms
The usual way vs. MycoScan
Standard spore-trap analysis
- An analyst hand-counts a small part of the slide
- A few fields are counted, then multiplied up to estimate the total
- Two analysts — or two different days — can give different numbers
- You get a number in a table
Analysis with MycoScan
Newer · AI-assisted- Your entire slide is photographed in sharp focus
- Every spore is found and identified — the same way every time
- An analyst double-checks anything uncertain
- You get a count from your whole sample — with micrographs as proof
The result: a more complete count, more consistent from one sample to the next, and one you can see with your own eyes.
This is what the standard should have been all along — read the whole sample instead of a fraction, identify every particle the same way every time instead of by eye, and show you the proof instead of just a number. We didn't reinvent microscopy; we just did it the way it always should have been done.
Why MycoScan
The whole slide — not a fraction, extrapolated
A single microscope field can hold 700+ spores, and conventional labs read only a small fraction of the slide, then extrapolate to an estimate. MycoScan images the whole slide instead — so the count comes from the entire sample, the same way every time.
- 700+ spores in a single field — the whole slide examined, not a sub-sample
- The entire sample is examined, the same way every time — no hand-counted sub-sample, no extrapolation
- Every particle is identified and classified the same way every time — none of the drift between analysts or between days
- An analyst confirms the model's least-certain identifications — expert judgement exactly where it's needed, with micrographs you can check
- Consistent every run and continuously improving — the model gets sharper with every slide it sees
- A permanent image record of your slide — reproducible and auditable
Expert Microscopy Analysis
Samples are examined at 400× magnification using a trinocular microscope. Fungal spores, hyphal fragments, pollen, and debris are identified by morphology and classified consistently, with the least-certain calls analyst-confirmed for repeatability.
Outdoor Reference
Indoor spore counts only mean something next to outdoor levels. Ideally an exterior sample is collected alongside yours; when one isn't, we compare against our own outdoor reference as a backup — so your results are never read in a vacuum.
Micrograph Documentation
Significant structures are photographed through the trinocular microscope. You see exactly what was found — not just numbers in a table.
Advanced Air Parameter Collection
Advanced building diagnostics — VOCs, CO, CO₂, formaldehyde, PM 1.0/2.5/10, relative humidity and surface moisture — are being added by arrangement as the lab expands.
