[Histonet] RE: whole slide scanners

[James Watson]

The scanner you get depends on your usage and volume.  Three that I recommend are for high volume.

Aperio,		
Good image quality,  if you need to link to study metadata Spectrum software is great.  Recommend for chromogen. Separate scanner for fluorescence,  fluorescent scanner  only holds 5 slides at a time.  

Hamamatsu Nanozoomer,	
What we use,  we do high volume chromogen and fluorescence,  excellent for both.  Our NanoZoomer holds 210 slides for a chromogen run.  Can load up about 100 fluorescent slides per night,  auto focus works well.  

Philips,	
Chromogen only,  very fast scanning with high quality scans.  60 slides per hour.

There are many others on the market for smaller workloads.

James Watson HT  ASCP
GNF  Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Scientific Technical Leader II, Histology
Tel    858-332-4647
Fax   858-812-1915
jwatson <@t> gnf.org


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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kalleberg, Kristopher
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 5:18 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] whole slide scanners

Hello All,

I am looking into the purchase of a whole slide scanner.  If anyone could supply some recommendations it would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Kris
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