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Data Management

  • Save acquisitions to D:/ (temporary). Create a folder per user/institution.
  • Do not save to C:/ (reserved for OS and imaging software backend).
  • D:/ is purged periodically; copy data to external USB or institutional cloud at session end.
  • Verify integrity by reopening a subset before deleting from D:/.

Formats & Naming - TIFF (8‑ or 12‑bit), AVI for time‑lapse. - Example naming: YYYYMMDD_SampleID_UserInitials_Mode.tif
(e.g., 20250620_EColi_FM_BF.tif) - TIFF headers embed metadata (exposure, illumination, objective, notes) when supported.

Security & Backup - Keep at least two independent copies (local+external, or local+cloud). - Encrypt sensitive/unpublished data if required by policy. - Follow your institution’s data retention/sharing rules.