eHistology Atlas

You are here

Visualisation of histology sections with point annotations of anatomy

Mr Nick Burton

The eHistology Atlas is a Javascript-based zoom viewer of large 2D histology images with anatomy annotations provided via point locations that can be selected to show additional imformation. The tiled images are provided by an Image Internet Protocol (IIP) server and the anatomy annotations from a mySQL database. All software is available from the matech GitHub repository https://github.com/ma-tech. The browser code is Javascript and tested on Firefox, Chrome and Safari. The eMouseAtlas resource provide access to the eHistology Atlas.

Release Date:
November, 2013
Status:
Availability:
Data type:
Techniques:
2D
Tile-based 2D image viewer
Software:
Installed, Web based
Technology:
C++ & mySQL server, Javascript client GUI
Platform:
Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
Requirements:
Best compatibility Firefox.

Project development

Institution: MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh