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Nikon Instruments Inc., a world leader in the development of advanced optical technology, introduced COOLSCOPE VS today, the next generation of its COOLSCOPE digital microscope featuring an integrated software suite for virtual microscopy developed by Bacus Laboratories Inc. The COOLSCOPE VS offers a cost-effective Virtual Slide solution to pathologists, clinical researchers and medical educators by integrating a high-precision optical microscope, a five mega pixel digital camera, web server and database at a fraction of the cost of competing systems.

The COOLSCOPE VS lets users digitize entire glass slide specimens, or specific areas of interest, and then create a virtual slide with the quality and resolution similar to the original glass slide viewed on a microscope. The results are high-resolution diagnostic quality digital images viewable through a PC or standard web browser, anywhere, anytime. Bacus' WebSlide Server, a personal desktop Internet/Intranet server, is designed to provide virtual slides for access on a network through the COOLSCOPE VS. The server allows multiple users to observe a synchronized view of a particular slide along with an interactive pointer and discussion window.

COOLSCOPE VS is ideal for universities and colleges, teaching hospitals, medical, dental and veterinary schools, and is also useful for clinical and research applications. Life sciences students can use the COOLSCOPE VS to remotely control the microscope over the internet, and to view the same slide specimen simultaneously. Instructors find using digital slides eliminates the gradual fading and breakage associated with glass slides; and, teaching sets can be created on CD-ROM or DVD and distributed for easy and continual access, and to ensure consistent quality and continuity of instructional content.

Clinical research professionals find the COOLSCOPE VS effective for providing a convenient archiving database that stores slide specimens on a network or local drive that can be easily retrieved and viewed. Reliable, high-quality remote collaboration is possible through COOLSCOPE VS's network accessibility, and its virtual slide capabilities provide an ideal way to display specimens at conference settings.

COOLSCOPE VS generates brightfield images from low-power, whole specimens to high resolution, sub-scanned regions, to full specimen scans at 40x. Micro and macro images of the specimen are simultaneously visible on a monitor through the unit's five-mega pixel digital camera. With the memory function, users can save up to 12 previous observation conditions and specimen positions for instant image recall. Aperture and brightness are automatically adjusted, while stage movement, focusing, and magnification changeover are all motorized. An LED illuminator provides bright, uniform, and cool light with a constant color temperature.

About Bacus Laboratories Inc.

Bacus Laboratories, Inc., located in the Chicago suburban area, pioneered virtual microscopy in the mid 1990's. The company, a leader and innovator in virtual microscopy, also has products for quantitative pathology and tissue microarray imaging. They are the leading provider of virtual microscopy as a replacement for glass slides and microscopes in medical education. The company, founded in 1994 has 10 US patents in Internet based virtual microscopy and related digital imaging methods. Their proprietary WebSlide(R) virtual slide format, server software, and viewing software, provide cost effective solutions for digital microscopy.