For this second installment, I’m going to discuss getting started. The first thing you need to decide is what kind…
One of the more bizarre features of being a forensic pathologist is that we have traditionally been civil servants. This…
This is a case that gave me a little pause. This not-quite-a-year-old infant was found dead at home. The story…
A week-old infant was brought in with a history of possible unsafe sleeping conditions. At autopsy, the decedent was noted…
This is the kidney from an older woman who died of sepsis. It is a classic renal stone that has…
Now that you have a nice flat image after dividing by the brightfield image, you may see that the white…
As I mentioned before, anisotropic illumination occurs when the bulb does not make the background uniformly white (or whatever color…
Image acquisition: The slide: Clean the slide. Really. When we look through the scope, we unconsciously edit out dust and…
The setup: The first thing is to acquire the best image you can before you do any postprocessing. It’s…
A 72-year old man suffered a car crash and died. At autopsy, he was noted to have a 4 cm…