Mobile whole slide imaging with Indian twist

• Published in: Indian journal of pathology & microbiology Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 153 - 154
• Main Authors: Mulay, Himanshu, Reddy, Anil, Yelikar, Balasaheb
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2018; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Cameras; Cell Phone; Computer programs; Diagnostic imaging; Digital imaging; Digitization; Freeware; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - economics; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Innovations; Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van (1632-1723); Mobile Applications; Pathology, Clinical - instrumentation; Pathology, Clinical - methods; Scanners; Software; Telemedicine
• ISSN: 0377-4929; 0974-5130
• DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_603_16

[1] In era of open source, we have made an attempt using the default camera app and the proprietary software of Microsoft research laboratory – Image Composite Editor ® (ICE); the images or video are processed to form a virtual slide;[2] thus, making it free of cost and easy to use. All we needed to do was capture the image either in panorama mode or video mode, copy to computer, and click generate in the ICE software which created beautiful, clear digital images of the slides This system helped us in creating a digital slide library of our own for the undergraduate students without spending even a rupee from the department's resources. [...]mobiles are already being used in different fields of telemedicine; but in pathology, it was not integrated to that extent.