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ViewsIQ has invented Panoptiq™, an interactive digital slide imaging tool built exactly for the pathologist. Designed and trialed by top pathologists at Canada's premier healthcare institutions, Panoptiq™ empowers the user to create panoramic images of slides "on the fly" right under the regular microscope. This allows to see and communicate diagnostic information of the slide in a whole new way. Vancouver Canada, Oxford Massachusetts (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 What is it?...

TUCSON, Ariz., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VENTANA Companion Algorithm Progesterone Receptor (PR) (1E2) image analysis application used with the VENTANA iScan Coreo Au scanner running VIRTUOSO software. This announcement comes on the heels of two other FDA clearances Ventana recently announced for the HER2 (4B5) and Ki-67 (30-9)...

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia's Botanical Microscopy Text Named Recipient of ABC's Duke Award for Excellence in Botanical Literature AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Botanical Council (ABC) has announced the recipient of its James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award in the reference and technical book category. The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia's Botanical Pharmacognosy: Microscopic Characterization of Botanical Medicines (CRC...

BRANFORD, Conn., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HistoRx, the leader in quantitative immunohistochemistry, has earned two additional patents covering AQUA technology and critical elements of digital microscopy standardization. Combined with patents earned previously, these issuances by the US Patent & Trademark Office advance the Company's proprietary position in standardization of quantitative digital pathology to a dominant role in the industry. Challenges associated with the...

ZURICH, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists were able to measure for the first time how charge is distributed within a single molecule. This breakthrough will enable fundamental scientific insights into single-molecule switching and bond formation between atoms and molecules. The ability to image the charge distribution within functional molecular structures holds great promise for future applications such as solar photoconversion, energy storage, or molecular...

APPsolute Digital Pathology offers a novel approach to Quantitative Digital Pathology. Powered by CloudAnalysis and the APPCenter; currently featuring over 25 ready-to-use Analysis Protocol Packages (APPs). Hoersholm, Denmark (PRWEB) February 24, 2012 APPsolute Digital Pathology is a novel approach to Quantitative Digital Pathology (QDP); costs are reduced, the learning curve is minimized, and the common risks of adoption are eliminated. The Visiopharm APPCenter provides access to a...

REHOVOT, Israel, February 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Iris Sample Processing from Westwood, MA - a division of IRIS International, Inc. (NASDAQ GS:: IRIS) and BioView Ltd, (TASE: BIOV [http://www.tase.co.il/TASEEng/Management/GeneralPages/SimpleSearchResult.htm?objectId=&objectType=&securityType=&searchTerm=biov ] ) from Rehovot, Israel, announced that they have entered into an agreement appointing BioView as one of the worldwide distributors for Iris Sample...

Schumacher to serve a two-year term on Executive Council Westmont, IL (PRWEB) February 20, 2012 McCrone Associates, Inc.’s senior research scientist, Elaine Schumacher, was elected to the Executive Council of the Microanalysis Society (MAS), and will serve a two-year term (2012-2014) as one of six directors. “I strongly support the ongoing efforts of MAS to define its role in the evolving world of microanalysis and its relationship with the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) and...

The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy. An initiative between the Griffith's School of Information Communication Technology and the Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the technology will allow the automated identification, separation and analysis of cells as complex as nerve cells in the brain. "Scientists and...

Researchers from the University of York are pioneering the development of electron microscopes which will allow scientists to examine a greater variety of materials in new revolutionary ways. The team, headed by Professor Jun Yuan and Professor Mohamed Babiker, from the University’s Department of Physics has created electron beams with orbital angular momentum – electron vortex beams – which will open the way to many novel applications including the more efficient examining of...