Re: [Histonet] Digital Pathology & Coverslipping

2017-08-14 Thread Gudrun Lang via Histonet
Hi! We scan our daily HEs for 1,5 year now. We have a Leica glass-coverslipper. The brilliance of the images is very good. With film we had the experience, that the brilliance of digital photos were never of the same quality as with glass. (and had always issues with coming off the film after a

[Histonet] "Supa Mega Clamp"

2017-08-14 Thread Sandra Cheasty via Histonet
Hello all, We use the "Supa Mega Clamp" (Ted Pella) for sectioning large tissues in the oversized cassettes. Lately, it seems not to grip as tight as it did when we received it a month or so ago. The literature is little more than photos of how to attach the clamp to our

Re: [Histonet] Digital Pathology & Coverslipping

2017-08-14 Thread Haley Huggins via Histonet
Glass or film coverslips are fine, but you have to make sure they are clean, no excess mounting media, or bubbles. The scanners pick up a lot of extra things you don't want scanned. Also, check with your pathologists to see if they have an opinion one way or another about which coverslips they