Smart Microscope Adjusts for Accuracy

Nov-25-19 A smart microscope able to auto-adjust its settings can simplify disease diagnosis and improve accuracy.

The microscope developed by the team at Duke University was designed to adjust its settings according to the capabilities of the digital camera—not the human eye. Instead of sending diffuse white light from below the slide, the microscope relies on a bowl-shaped arrangement of LEDs able to illuminate different angles with different colors to increase the visibility of features in the sample. Machine learning was then used to ‘teach’ the system which settings work best for classifying cells, with the microscope delivering a 90 percent accuracy, compared to 75 for trained physicians.

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