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January 16, 2018

American Association of Anatomists Launches Virtual Microscopy Database powered by Biolucida

by Pasang
in Company News, Biolucida, Press Release, Scientific Applications & Use Cases, MBF Products & Service Solutions, Additional Subject Matter, Big Image Data Management Solutions, Medical Education
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Free resource for educators and researchers features thousands of downloadable histology slides   Educators and researchers around the world now have free access to a database of whole slide images (also known as virtual slides) for histology and pathology. Featuring thousands of virtual slides contributed by 15 universities, The Virtual Microscopy Database, VMD, (http://www.virtualmicroscopydatabase.org/) is an online resource that allows educators to view and download virtual images...

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February 17, 2016

Dr. Robert Ogilvie to Receive the Henry Gray Distinguished Educator Award

by Pasang
in Biolucida, Company News, Scientific Applications & Use Cases, MBF Products & Service Solutions, Big Image Data Management Solutions, Additional Subject Matter, Medical Education
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Aspiring medical doctors and life science researchers in the U.S. learn histology to understand the cellular organization of tissues and organs. In the past, microscopes were the only equipment available for viewing cells and other microscopic structures in tissue specimens. Now, more and more students are learning histology with virtual microscope slides – high-resolution digital images of tissue specimens that can be viewed on a...

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May 1, 2014

Popular open access virtual slide collection has a new home

by Pasang
in Software Applications For Quantitive Analysis, Biolucida, Scientific Applications & Use Cases, MBF Products & Service Solutions, Big Image Data Management Solutions, Medical Education
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We are happy to announce that Biolucida, our learning management software, is now hosting the Iowa Virtual Slidebox. This vast repository of digitized tissue specimens is open to the public and is free of charge. Virtual slides in this collection are used by educators around the world to teach histopathology and histology.     “Educators and students will now have easier and quicker access to virtual slides from...

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April 5, 2013

Bringing Virtual Slides to the Medical Education Classroom with Biolucida Cloud 2.0

by Pasang
in Biolucida, Scientific Applications & Use Cases, MBF Products & Service Solutions, Big Image Data Management Solutions, Medical Education
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Microscopes and glass slides are on their way to becoming obsolete in medical and science courses. MBF Bioscience just unveiled Biolucida Cloud 2.0, software that simulates the experience of using a light microscope, complete with the ability to focus through specimens. This software enables educators to integrate virtual slides — high-resolution digital images of specimens mounted on glass slides — into their course materials and tests.   Thanks to...

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