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Everything about Microscope slide
Thin, flat piece of glass onto which a sample is placed to be examined under a microscope
A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is mounted (secured) on the slide, and then both are inserted together in the microscope for viewing. This arrangement allows several slide-mounted objects to be quickly inserted and removed from the microscope, labeled, transported, and stored in appropriate slide cases or folders etc. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Microscope slideA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: DICOMization of Proprietary Files Obtained from Confocal, Whole-Slide, and FIB-SEM Microscope ScannersInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Basic methods in microscopyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Endowing a plain fluidic chip with micro-optics: a holographic microscope slideCited 100 times
- Go sideways: Oil immersionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A thin, rectangular piece of glass used to hold samples to be studied under a microscope
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Endowing a plain fluidic chip with micro-optics: a holographic microscope slide
Deep learning extended depth-of-field microscope for fast and slide-free histology
Low-energy electron point projection microscopy of suspended graphene, the ultimate ‘microscope slide’
Compact off-axis holographic slide microscope: design guidelines
Linking Whole-Slide Microscope Images with DICOM by Using JPEG2000 Interactive Protocol
A microscope slide probe for high resolution imaging at 11.7 tesla
A modular, open-source, slide-scanning microscope for diagnostic applications in resource-constrained settings
A comparison of microscope slide substrates for use in transfected cell microarrays
🆕 Influential since 2022
DICOMization of Proprietary Files Obtained from Confocal, Whole-Slide, and FIB-SEM Microscope Scanners
Red, orange, and dual wavelength vortex emission from Pr:WPFGF fiber laser using a microscope slide output coupler
Digitizing microscope slide-based natural history collections: A protocol using slide scanner technology
Waveguide-based microscope slide for label-free high-resolution imaging
Processing Sections in Mohs Micrographic Surgery Too Big to Fit on a Single Conventional Microscope Slide
📚 Books worth reading
Basic methods in microscopyDavid L. Spector, Robert D. Goldman · 2005- 📕List of microscopical preparations from the Army Medical MuseumUnited States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) · 1876
- 📕Preparing and reading the normal differentialBrian K. Lund, Shiesl Corporation · 1992
Virtual Microscopy and Virtual Slides in Teaching, Diagnosis, and ResearchJiang Gu · 2005- 📕Description of the SRM 1965 microsphere slideA. W. Hartman · 1988
- 📕New series of objectsLtd J.S. Cheyney Optical Company · 1881
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