Computerized “Staining” for the Automated Pathology Lab
July 14, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
Dyes that originated for coloring textiles about 150 years ago have been used ever since for histological staining. And some of them may induce immunochemistry changes to certain cell receptors. Consequently, “stainless” staining would be a step ahead, and that’s what scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created. They use infrared spectroscopy imaging and computational analysis of the reflected light patterns to identify histological features by “virtual” staining. This piece does not say if red and blue light frequencies induce any changes in the immunochemistry profile that results. MORE
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