title: Widefield microscopy images of tissue sections by computer imaging techniques.
abstract: A fine photomicrograph covering one whole specimen is very useful in the study of skin histopathology. However, because it is almost impossible to take such a picture with a conventional photomicroscope, we attempted to make one with the aid of a computer. The large field was divided into small fields, which were individually recorded through a photomicroscope. The images were then digitized and processed with a computer to reconstruct the largefield image. A fine seamless image was reconstructed with this method. We can thus extend the field of a photomicroscope with the aid of computer imaging techniques, without impairing the quality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Mitsui Omuta Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urushihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010784:Photomicrography / Q000379:methods*