AccessScope project: Accessible light microscope for users with upper limb mobility or visual impairments
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AccessScope project: Accessible light microscope for users with upper limb mobility or visual impairments.
PURPOSE A web-based application was developed to remotely view slide specimens and control all functions of a research-level light microscopy workstation, called AccessScope. Students and scientists with upper limb mobility and visual impairments are often unable to use a light microscope by themselves and must depend on others in its operation. METHOD Users with upper limb mobility impairmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1748-3107,1748-3115
DOI: 10.3109/17483100903387630