First-year medical students

First-year medical students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are finding less need to adjust a traditional microscope in their histology curriculum. Instead they are using their computers and a unique DVD to study the exacting science concerned with the minute structure of cell tissues and organs. This virtual microscope allows students to receive high-resolution images of individual tissue slides instantaneously the click of a mouse button. Images can be adjusted continuously to fill all or part of a screen, and different magnifications may be viewed simultaneously, something not possible with traditional light microscopes.

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