Why is a system like Neuroinfo important?
The advent of virtual slide technology has allowed for the widespread sharing of information contained on glass microscope slides. This is a significant technological advance, as previously the only way to share information from slides was with photomicrographs that only contained a single field of view at a single magnification. Virtual slide technology allows remote viewers to examine slides with a functionality similar to that of a microscope; users can pan to regions of interest and zoom in and out freely. Advantages to virtual slides include remote access to slides, access to slides without a microscope, and the ability to see macro overviews of slides not attainable with a traditional microscope. However, the virtual slide cannot stand alone. Information about how the slide was prepared is essential to an understanding of the material; for example, information about the stain used, species, organ, scaling information, and orientation of the tissue section is germane to any inform
