Mobile whole slide imaging with an Indian twist
Our department created digital slides with the help of mobile phones. We have used the Nikon microscope and a mobile phone mount made of cardboard to acquire the images. The images were acquired in the panorama mode. Multiple, serial panoramas were taken in horizontal axis until the whole tissue was captured. The images were then transferred to a computer and the ICE program, then stitched the panoramic strips and generated a final complete picture of the slide.
With this very economical modality, we stored the rare and important slides in digital format.
This is first of its kind approach, which can make digitization and archiving of slides simple, free of cost, and feasible in resource-poor institutions of developing countries.
This innovation was Published in Pubmed indexed journal IJPM.