Virtual microscopy and virtual slides in teaching, diagnosis, and research
[Book]
edited by Jiang Gu, Robert W. Ogilvie.
Boca Raton
Taylor & Francis
2005
(356 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Advances in pathology, microscopy & molecular morphology.
Chapter 1 The Coming Age of Virtual Microscopy: Current Technologies and Their Applications --; part SECTION I Technological Advances --; chapter 2 Reinvention of Light Microscopy: Array Microscopy and Ultrarapidly Scanned Virtual Slides for Diagnostic Pathology and Medical Education --; chapter 3 A Fully Integrated Virtual Microscopy System for Analysis and Discovery --; chapter 4 The MicroBrightField Virtual Slice System --; chapter 5 Development of a Virtual Telemicroscope --; chapter 6 The Trestle Digital Backbone --; chapter 7 MicroScreen --; part SECTION II Applications in Teaching --; chapter 8 The Use of Microscopic Images in Medical Education --; chapter 9 Virtual Slides for Teaching Histology and Pathology --; chapter 10 The Preparation and Use of Virtual Slides for Teaching Medical Histology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine --; chapter 11 WebMic, a Virtual Microscope for Learning Histology: Results of Implementation in a Medical Histology Course --; chapter 12 Next-Generation Teaching Systems Using Virtual Slides --; part SECTION III Applications in Diagnosis --; chapter 13 Virtual Slide as a Tool for Education, Training, and Diagnosis --; chapter 14 Speed, Resolution, Focus, and Depth of Field in Clinical Whole Slide Imaging Applications --; chapter 15 Clinical Slide Digitization: Whole Slide Imaging in Clinical Practice Experience from the University of Pittsburgh --; chapter 16 Virtual Microscopy and Automated Diagnosis --; chapter 17 Virtual Slides: The AFIP Experience --; chapter 18 Telepathology in Europe --; chapter 19 A Diagnostic Virtual Microscope System for Whole Slide Robotic Imaging: The Value of Virtual Slides for the Practice of Pathology --; part SECTION IV Applications in Research --; chapter 20 Enhancing the Information Content of Digitally Archived Tissue Samples --; chapter 21 Development of a Whole Slide Image Archive --; chapter 22 Virtual Slides and Neuroanatomy: Atlases and Data Sharing.
This book covers the latest developments in virtual microscopy and virtual slides - an emerging field in pathology and morphology. The book is based on, but not limited to, the First Symposium of Virtual Slides organized at the Medical University of South Carolina, and presents an updated, comprehensive, and balanced view of the entire field. Divided into five sections, the first section gives a comprehensive introduction to computer and internet technologies, emphasizing the disciplines of histology and pathology and reviewing telepathology. Section 2 covers different technological solutions to create and view virtual slides, and Sections 3-5 describe applications in teaching, research, and diagnosis.