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Stage‐extension device for transmission light microscopes
Author(s) -
KERN M. A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01503.x
Subject(s) - microscope , magnification , computer science , optics , stage (stratigraphy) , transmission (telecommunications) , sample (material) , digital microscope , coaxial , computer vision , computer graphics (images) , artificial intelligence , physics , telecommunications , geology , thermodynamics , paleontology
Summary For routine applications, more and more professional microscope users have removed the slide holders from their transmission light microscopes and frequently look over their histological specimens by moving them manually on the microscope stage. This method allows the operator to scan the specimen quickly under survey magnification and thus helps to save time. However, when using detail magnification, moving the sample by hand is simply not precise enough. This drawback becomes particularly evident with photo‐documentations or video demonstrations. Here I describe an innovative stage‐extension device that allows quick movement of the slide by hand as well as precise positioning of the specimen by using the micrometre fine adjustment of the coaxial stage‐drive mechanism.