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Microcomputer software and interface for control of a microscope scanning stage.

B R Lee·H Ludl·C P Reynolds
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Motorized scanning stages are valuable in microscopy systems that employ digital image analysis and for the development of semiautomatic computer-assisted microscope systems; the development of standard software "tools" to control such stages will facilitate their integration into a variety of computer-based systems. A set of Microsoft BASIC and Turbo PASCAL programs that interfaces a microprocessor-controlled stepper motor microscope stage (MDACE 1000) to an IBM PC or PC-AT or compatible microcomputer via a serial interface (RS-232) is described. These programs can be integrated into other software written in either BASIC or PASCAL, or used via a menu program that directs the routines to control scanning patterns and to locate the microscope stage to a selected area of the slide. Coordinates of significant events on a slide can be stored on a disk file to allow future examination. The software and interface also provide control of a filter wheel in the microscope for use in multicolor fluorescence assays.

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B R Lee, H Ludl, C P Reynolds. 1988. Microcomputer software and interface for control of a microscope scanning stage.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3355649/

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