[Histonet] Cheap slide scanner for rat brains?

[sgoebel <@t> xbiotech.com]

Do you have a dissecting scope you could use?  You can grab one with a
pretty low resolution camera for about $800.  If you need more details
let me know.

Sarah Goebel, B.A., HT (ASCP)

Histotechnician


XBiotech USA Inc.

8201 East Riverside Dr. Bldg 4 Suite 100

Austin, Texas  78744

(512)386-2907




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Subject: [Histonet] Cheap slide scanner for rat brains?
From: Caroline Bass <cbass <@t> wfubmc.edu>
Date: Fri, October 22, 2010 10:50 am
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
<histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>

Hello Everyone,

Does anyone have a good way to get low magnification images from slides?
I
have some DAB stained rat coronal sections that I would like to
digitize.
Basically, I want to have a picture of the entire section. It doesn¹t
have
to be high resolution, just enough to make out the basic structures. Can
someone recommend a way to do this? I¹ve used a flat bed scanner in the
past, and I know some folks use an actual film slide scanner. What I¹m
interested in are tips for finding a solution, particularly what to
avoid,
and model numbers that people have used. I don¹t want to keep buying
scanners until I found one that works.

And obviously I¹d like to keep the expenses to a minimum.

Finally, has anyone tried this scanner? It¹s a little pricey for me,
but I
do like the idea behind it, although I wonder if it¹s just one of their
stock scanners that they have repainted, added an adapter and jacked up
the
price for. It looks identical to other scanners that they sell for $300.

http://www.meyerinst.com/html/oem/pse4/

 
Thanks,

Caroline
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