White Papers & Case Studies

Whether you’re beginning or continuing your journey into digital imaging pathology, the SPOT Resource Library provides a vast archive of whitepapers, literature and data necessary to support your digital imaging plans as well as streamline existing workflows.

Scientific Digital Imaging Key Concepts

As fun as taking pictures may be, it is the professional analysis of samples that really counts. This article discusses key concepts of imaging systems and how these concepts contribute to a professional presentation of your work.

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The Consumer Digital Camera vs. Scientific Digital Cameras

We have all seen the recent improvements in consumer digital cameras. They have gone from low resolution, curiosities to very capable, high resolution, point and shoot cameras. The prices have dropped dramatically making them even more enticing. Do these cameras have a place in pathology?

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Understanding Mega Pixel Resolution

Consumer marketing has hyped "mega pixels" as the hook on which they hang their hat. In scientific imaging, the number of pixels is only part of the story, in fact, not always the most important part. This article discusses some of the important specifications of pixels and their relationship to real world scientific imaging.

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PDFs

It is difficult to print tiny data matrix barcodes onto the ends of plastic tissue cassettes. A barcode’s readability and accuracy is of the utmost importance.  The technology used to print barcodes on the ends of tissue cassettes has evolved over time. Read more on each new solution and the improvements over the previous technologies.

In this discussion we will explore how variations due to practical hardware considerations are scientifically accounted for
and removed, with the goal of providing an image that is the closest match to the specimen.

Instructions for configuring your microscope imaging system so that the camera image is in focus at the same time as the image viewed through the microscope eyepieces.

This is a 19 slide Presentation geared toward the introduction and training of students or colleagues on setting up Kohler Illumination on microscopes.

This white paper will explore digital microscope cameras and purchasing considerations.

Overview
Brightfield & Fluorescence Imaging
Imaging Software
Microscope Adapters
Efficiently share and collaborate on images with our comprehensive image sharing platform.
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PathTracker
PathArchiv
Efficiently share and collaborate on images with our comprehensive image sharing platform.
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PathCast
PathSuite Pro
PathSuite Enterprise
Efficiently share and collaborate on images with our comprehensive image sharing platform.
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Gross Imaging
Microscopy & Cytology
BlocDoc
Efficiently share and collaborate on images with our comprehensive image sharing platform.