A practical method for the remote control of the scanning electron microscope

Yamada, Atsushi; Hirahara, Osamu; Tsuchida, Takayoshi; Sugano, Naoki; Date, Masaru

doi:10.1093/jmicro/52.2.101

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“…We have taken advantage of these capabilities to satisfy our need for 24-h access to the laser microscope and to facilitate collaboration and networking with investigators from other locations around the world. The remote operation of microscope systems has been demonstrated for electron microscopes (Chumbley et al, 2002;Hadida-Hassan et al, 1999;Takaoka et al, 2000;Yamada et al, 2003), for light microscope evaluation of fixed samples (Kaplan et al, 2002;Molnar et al, 2003), and for laser scanning confocal microscopy (Youngblom et al, 2001). Though there has been significant progress in developing realtime microscopy and radiological image sharing over the internet, this has not been extended to the domain of real-time interventional manipulation of live cells, tissues, and organelles.…”

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Internet‐based robotic laser scissors and tweezers microscopy

Botvinick

Berns

2005

Microscopy Res & Technique

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We have engineered a robotic laser ablation and tweezers microscope that can be operated via the internet using most internet accessible devices, including laptops, desktop computers, and personal data assistants (PDAs). The system affords individual investigators the ability to conduct micromanipulation experiments (cell surgery or trapping) from remote locations (i.e., between the US and Australia). This system greatly expands the availability of complex and expensive research technologies via investigator-networking over the internet. It serves as a model for other ''internet-friendly'' technologies leading to large scale networking and data-sharing between investigators, groups, and institutions on a global scale. The system offers three unique features: (1) the freedom to operate the system from any internet-capable computer, (2) the ability to image, ablate, and/or trap cells and their organelles by ''remote-control,'' and (3) the security and convenience of controlling the system in the laboratory on the user's own personal computer and not on the host machine. Four ''proof of principle'' experiments were conducted: (1) precise control of microscope movement and live cell visualization, (2) subcellular microsurgery on the microtubule organizing center of live cells viewed under phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy, (3) precise targeting of multiple sites within single red blood cells, and (4) optical trapping of 10 lm diameter polystyrene microspheres. Microsc. Res. Tech. 68:65-74, 2005. V

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Internet‐based robotic laser scissors and tweezers microscopy

Botvinick

Berns

2005

Microscopy Res & Technique

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Development and Application of an Internet Electron Microscopy System for the Outreach Program in Japan

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The development of a remotely operated scanning electron microscopy (SEM) system and its use by high school students and the public as an outreach program are reported. The SEM and the server are located in the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, with client computers installed at a science museum and high schools. Using a secure virtual private network system and scheduling/management groupware, observation of SEM images and energy dispersive X-ray analysis are widely and frequently performed throughout Japan.

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MR Imaging with Remote Control: Feasibility Study in Cardiovascular Disease

Finn

Saleh²,

Thesen³

et al. 2006

Radiology

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The institutional review board approved this HIPAA-compliant study and waived informed consent. The purpose was to retrospectively evaluate remote control magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in complex cardiovascular procedures, whereby operational expertise was made available locally from a remote location. Thirty patients underwent cardiac (12 patients) and/or vascular (30 patients) 1.5-T MR imaging with a remote operator by using a personal computer. All patient studies were compared with 30 control studies obtained with conventional local imaging. Cardiac cine, myocardial delayed enhancement, and MR angiograms were assessed for overall image quality and motion artifact. MR angiograms were evaluated for vascular definition. Image quality was excellent in 90% (38 of 42) of remote images versus 60% (25 of 42) of control group images (P < .01). Scores for motion artifact were not significantly different (P = .11). Interactive MR imaging was successfully implemented with remote control in complex cardiovascular cases; diagnostic quality of images was superior to that of images obtained locally.

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A practical method for the remote control of the scanning electron microscope

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Internet‐based robotic laser scissors and tweezers microscopy

Internet‐based robotic laser scissors and tweezers microscopy

Development and Application of an Internet Electron Microscopy System for the Outreach Program in Japan

MR Imaging with Remote Control: Feasibility Study in Cardiovascular Disease

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