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> I've been using many of these systems lately. I do use the slide scanners
> in a commercial setting but have no commercial interest in selling them.
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> Some quick thoughts on the systems I see routinely:
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> - Pannoramic Scan. Perkin Elmer. 150 slide loader. I think they have a 250
> version now. Fluor/Brightfield. Probably the most complete system from ease
> of use to robustness and analysis. It is the one we use most. Very
> flexible. Solid images. I like where they are going with a lot of their
> stuff too. A clean iPad app, online hosting etc… Reasonably capable free
> viewer for the mrxs files.
> - Nanozoomer HT. 210 slide loader. Fluor/Brightfield. They claim '40X' but
> it is effectively a 2X zoom in front of the camera on the single objective
> in the system. Not a big deal but you should be aware of the type of image
> coming off the system. Probably has the best walk-away capability and great
> flexibility/speed for walk-away acquisition. The analysis I've seen is
> weak. You'll almost definitely get things analyzed with other software. It
> has a nice feature for group settings where you can interrupt a large batch
> of slides to do an independent 2nd batch of slides without losing your
> progress on the first batch. Great for squeezing in 1 or 2 slides when a
> batch 200 are already running… Free viewer for the ndpi files.
> - Aperio probably has the biggest install/user base. These systems work
> well enough but I wouldn't pick them above either the Nanozoomer or Perkin
> Elmer systems at this point. They do have a nice free viewer that supports
> many of the competing formats from their svs to ndpi, mrxs etc.
> - Huron. I haven't used these systems myself but have seen a fair number
> of images from their system. The image quality is very nice and they are
> great for large samples. Scanning an 8 inch x 6 inch slide is amazing if
> you have the need.
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> Automated whole slide capabilities are being added to more and more
> standard microscope and HCS systems of course too. Your degree of
> convenience/scripting/customization will vary with each of course.
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> Best wishes,
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> Casey
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> On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Craig Brideau <
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> > We have an Olympus VS120 in one of our facilities. It works fairly well,
> > but the post-acquisition software, OlyVIA, is pretty horrible. We've had
> > trouble just using it for simple things like annotation. If you can get
> > the files into ImageJ or other preferred analysis software it would be a
> > very good system for acquisition.
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> > Craig
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> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Sue Penrhyn-Lowe <
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> >> I am looking to buy a new virtual slide scanner with both Fluorescent
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> >> bright field capabilities. What are your thoughts on the leica SCN400F?
> >> Thank-you
> >> sue
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