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SEER VTR (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Virtual Tissue Repository) caMicroscope is a tool to view, annotate, and analyze whole-slide, biomedical images. It manages digital pathology images, associated clinical and imaging metadata, and human/machine generated annotations and markups.
This guide explains how to do the following tasks in caMicroscope:
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Opening caMicroscope
- Use the Chrome browser to navigate to caMicroscope.
The Login page appears.
SEER VTR caMicroscope Login Page Use your Google credentials to sign in to caMicroscope.
The caMicroscope site appears.
caMicroscope Home Page- Select one of the image databases by clicking either the large slide image or the More button. Options include the Breast Cancer Genomic Pilot, Virtual Tissue Repository (VTR) Pending Slides, and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
A table appears that lists all whole-slide images for the selected database that you are authorized to view.
caMicroscope Data Table for the PDAC Database In the table, click the Open button for any row.
The slide opens in caMicroscope.Note To select a different image, click in the caMicroscope toolbar or the back arrow in your browser to return to the table.
Panning the Slide
Panning allows you to move the image inside the window.
- Select an image and view it in caMicroscope. See Opening SEER VTR caMicroscope User Guide for more information.
- In the inset window, note the red bounding box. This bounding box is your view of the current image in the main content window.
caMicroscope Main Content Window and Inset Window - Drag your mouse along the main content window.
The red bounding box moves to reflect your current position.
Zooming In and Out
The inset window has a zoom slider above it.
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Inset Window with Red Bounding Box and Zoom Slider
Using the caMicroscope Tools
The toolbar is in the top-left of the main content window. Use the toolbar buttons to manipulate the slide. To close any toolbar button, click the same button again or a new button.
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