Aperio Technologies Announces Virtual Microscopy Solution for Tissue Microarray Analysis; TMALab software and ScanScope Provide Complete Solution for TMA Analysis.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K VISTA Vista (vĭs`tə), uninc. city (1990 pop. 71,872), San Diego co., SW Calif., near the Pacific coast, in an agricultural and resort area; inc. 1963. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002 Aperio announces the release of new software, TMALab(TM). This software enables the simple, flexible and efficient analysis of tissue microarrays Tissue microarrays (also TMAs) consist of paraffin blocks in which up to 1000 separate tissue cores are assembled in array fashion to allow simultaneous histological analysis. . Tissue Microarrays (TMAs) are glass slides containing hundreds of small tissue sections arranged into a grid, for high-throughput analysis. A TMA TMA Turnaround Management Association TMA Texas Medical Association TMA Transportation Management Association TMA Training and Management Assistance (a component of OHRD, which is a component of OWR) TMA Tooling & Manufacturing Association is digitized by the ScansScope(R), the world's most advanced microscope slide scanner A scanner that is specialized for scanning 35mm slides and film negatives. The slide or film is inserted into a single slot in the machine or into a tray, which is inserted. Many flatbed scanners are also able to scan slides. See scanner and transparency adapter. . The resulting digital image (virtual TMA) can be viewed efficiently, via the Internet, on a display monitor. Virtual TMA's can be segmented, viewed and processed with Aperio's TMALab software. Users can organize and export valuable data into their own databases. "The TMALab software streamlines high-throughput tissue analysis, allowing researchers to spend more time on data interpretation, and less on data collection," remarked Dirk Soenksen, chief executive officer of Aperio Technologies. Customers can purchase a complete system for TMA analysis, including the ScanScope(R) and TMALab software. Alternatively, Aperio offers its TMALab software on a subscription basis. Customers can register at TMALab.com, send their TMAs to Aperio for scanning with the ScanScope, download the TMALab software and access their virtual TMAs remotely from their desktop. About Aperio Technologies Inc. Aperio Technologies, based in Vista, Calif., develops software and instrumentation for virtual microscopy Virtual microscopy is a method of posting microscope images on, and transmitting them over, computer networks. This allows independent viewing of images by large numbers of people in diverse locations. It involves a synthesis of microscopy technologies and digital technologies. . Aperio is dedicated to developing tools for viewing, annotating an·no·tate v. an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates v.tr. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. v.intr. To gloss a text. , storing and analyzing scanned microscope slides, and to establishing its ScanScope as the industry-standard slide-scanning platform. Aperio recently launched www.scanscope.com, a virtual slide gallery. For additional information please visit our Web site at www.aperio.com. |
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