VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY

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VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY

• Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
• UNC-CH SOM

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PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS

• REVIEW AND SELECT TECHNOLOGY
• SELECT AND SEND SLIDES FOR SCANNING
• ADAPT SYLLABUS
• CREATE HYPERLINKS
• DESIGN FACE GRAPHICS
• DUPLICATE DVD

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TECHNOLOGY

• DIGITIZE ADJACENT MICROSCOPE FIELDS
• ASSEMBLE IMAGES (TILING)
• COMPRESS WITH MINIMAL LOSS
• MANAGE DATA
• VIEW REGION ON DEMAND
• NAVIGATE AS WITH A MICROSCOPE
• MrSID MULTI-RESOLUTION SEAMLESS IMAGE
  DATABASE

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How much does it cost?
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HARWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

• HARDWARE
• CCIS IBM LAPTOP COMPUTERS
• (HARD DRIVE AND DVD-DRIVE)
• SOFTWARE
• MrSID VIEWER
• WINDOWS 2000 OR LATER
• WORD 2000 OR LATER

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WEB SITES

• PetroImage www.petroimage.com
• Aperio www.aperio.com
• (Image Gallery www.scanscope.com)
• Bacus www.bacuslabs.com
• MicroBrightField www.microbrightfield.com
• MrSID www.lizardtech.com
• Bravo Disk Publisher www.primera.com

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Contact information

• wekoch_at_med.unc.edu, 966-4621
• petrusz_at_med.unc.edu, 966-2207