Virtual Microscopy Project

Research on statistical pattern recognition techniques for the development of a virtual microscope

Andrew Bradley 
Phone: 53284
Office: 78-538

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This project involves the development of a combined software/hardware system for acquiring a high resolution and high magnification digital representation of the entire cell deposition area on a cytology slide. This representation can then be displayed on a computer monitor and interactively panned and zoomed. The many benefits of virtual microscopy include:

• once a slide has been scanned the original slide specimen is no longer needed;
• no microscope is needed to view the virtual specimen;
• the virtual slide, because it is no more than a computer file, can be easily copied and disseminated.

Important applications of virtual microscopy include: teaching, testing the screening proficiency of student and professional cytotechnologists, and assessing the quality of screening services provided by pathology laboratories.