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Laboratory Equipment
New DVD virtual microscope developed at school of medicine
March 22nd, 2004
First-year medical students at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill are finding less need to adjust a traditional microscope in their histology curriculum. Instead, they are using their computers and a unique DVD to study the exacting science concerned with the minute structure of cells, tissues and organs. This virtual microscope allows students to instantaneously receive high-resolution images of individual tissue slides at the click of a mouse button. Images can be adjusted continuously to fill all or part of a screen, and different magnifications may be viewed simultaneously, something not possible with traditional light microscopes. ...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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