SAN DIEGO, CA and CHICAGO, IL — (Marketwired) — 11/06/13 — The -s has been transformed into a life-size interactive device that will be on display in the booth at , the premier annual neuroscience conference held by the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, November 9th-13th.
Originally designed for viewing on the iPad, the app will be displayed on a 60-inch touchscreen inside the booth, allowing visitors to interact with hundreds of life-size, ultra-high resolution digital slides of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein-s neuroanatomy via virtual microscope technology called Vscope.
Dr. Philip Epstein, an NMHM Chicago consultant and neuro researcher, will be at the Leica Biosystems booth speaking about this remarkable app and demonstrating ways it is revolutionizing global neuroscience research, including the use of image sharing and image analysis products.
“The development of this revolutionary app and the Vscope technology represents the first time crucial scientific knowledge, previously reserved for a select few, is being made available to the general population,” said Dr. , Chairman of the NMHM Chicago.
The remarkable collection of 550 slides was donated to the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) in Silver Spring, Md., after the death of Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who conducted the autopsy of Einstein in 1955.
The slides were digitized by Leica Biosystems Aperio ePathology, a leader in providing global pathology solutions, enabling researchers, scientists and enthusiasts around the world to view the original slides prepared by Dr. Harvey on an iPad as if they were sitting in front of a microscope.
Eolas Technologies Inc., of Tyler, Texas, developed the digitized slides into the app that is now being used by neuroscientists, researchers, educators and others interested in science to explore sections of Einstein-s brain in microscopic detail.
Both the iPad app and the life-size adaptation of it are the result of a collaborative research and development agreement between the Department of Defense-s medical museums in Maryland and Chicago. All profits from app sales are being donated by Eolas to support both museums.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago is the first of what is planned to be a series of 501(c) (3) public charity institutions around the country to act as satellites of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, which is located in our nation-s capitol. These privately funded satellite museums will collectively form a central online repository for the DC museum-s digital collections, archives, and computational resources and, as such, will help the DC museum share its extensive collections digitally with a worldwide audience. Through electronic publishing, ongoing research, and public outreach programs, the satellite museums will support and enrich the mission of the NMHM, and help the museum foster a better understanding of the past, present and future of health and medicine across the United States. For more information, visit
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