microscope slide


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Noun1.microscope slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic studymicroscope slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
cover glass, cover slip - a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
plate glass, sheet glass - glass formed into large thin sheets
section - a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
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Computing scientists and medics have joined forces to improve paediatric services at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, by developing an Artificial Intelligencepowered digital pathology microscope slide scanner.
Pick up a snowflake with the chilled tweezers and place it on the microscope slide; alternatively, you can let snowflakes fall onto the microscope slide.
This article describes a potential new approach to the CBC in which a known volume of undiluted anticoagulated whole blood is precisely applied onto a microscope slide as a monolayer.
The technology works by sending a stream of light through a polarizer, through a sample of the fluid on a microscope slide, and then through another polarizer before it reaches an image sensor microchip, a component also found in mobile phone cameras and webcams.
16 February 2016 - US-based medical devices maker Hardy Diagnostics has acquired Wichita Falls, Texas-based automated microscope slide stainer maker GG/B Company, the company said.
(17) Intended to address automat ed microscope slide scanners, also called whole slide imaging (WSI) devices, the draft guidance identifies opportunities to manage and control image acquisition in WSI devices.
We used both horizontal and vertical plastic microscope slide coverslips as capture surfaces to determine the final distribution of zoospores.
Standard subsUates are microscope slide format with a 5mm diameter active area.
The ChromaCal system utilizes a proprietary, precision-engineered color calibration microscope slide, together with advanced image and monitor calibration software.
All you need is a light source and a microscope slide to view the things around in detail.
They were then able to tape a microscope slide (containing some stool sample from a patient) to the camera lens, back-light the slide using a small, battery-powered flashlight, and visualize the parasite eggs using the iPhone's "zoom" function.