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 couple of people have mentioned to me that they have trouble getting good looking photomicrographs. I thought I’d write…
A 72-year old man suffered a car crash and died. At autopsy, he was noted to have a 4 cm…
Here is a comparison in how small penetrating arteries in the cerebellum differ between normotensive and hypertensive decedents. First here…
One of the things that drew me to pathology was the aesthetics of histology. I find microscopic images fascinating and…
Here’s a classic example of severe lymphocytic thyroiditis in a middle-aged woman who died of unrelated causes. You can see…
Here are a couple of simple photomics of lipid emboli in the lungs. This is from a case of a…