background of the study: colorectal cancer (crc) which is the third most diagnosed cancer throughout the world is steadily rising in the asian countries with the incidence rates mimicking the western counterparts. the pre-neoplastic nature of the transitional mucosa (tm) adjoining crc lacks conclusive evidence so far. pertaining to this, the study of the mucus layer, the functional component of...

lizardfish is one of the economically important fishes of persian gulf. in recent years, white, ellipsoid, round or elongated nodules were found in body cavity of this fish species which in preliminary microscopic examination were recognized as microsporidia. to determine the approximate prevalence rate of microsporidian infection and to establish its taxonomic position, 50 lizardfish were boug...

We propose a concept of “mobile microscope” for handheld use, which enable various places to be observable. We propose an image stabilization method for images from microscope effected by hand-shake. This method is based on high-speed visual feedback with an inclined image sensor to measure the 3D movements of a microscope. We developed a trial microscope system employing the method without a b...

This paper constitutes a progress rersort on the develol•ment of an ultrasonic instrument for detecting microstructure. The principle of operation of the device (designated by the term "ultrasonic microscope") is as follows: The specimen is imbedded in a liquid, which closely matches it in acoustic impedance, and is irradiated with sho•t pulses of highdreqnency hound. Some of the ultrasonic ene...

The confocal laser microscope is a novel and interesting noninvasive tool for imaging skin lesions and subsurface skin lesions that are not visible to the naked eye or even by dermoscopy. Skin can be imaged in vivo or freshly biopsied (in vitro) skin specimens can be visualized immediately without the processing that is required for routine histopathology. Dynamic events (real time imaging) in ...

Introduction The optical components of a microscope are its two imaging lenses (eyepiece and objective) and a condenser lens. The eyepiece and objective are responsible for magnifying the image of the specimen and projecting it onto the viewer’s retina or onto the film plane in a camera. The job of the condenser lens is to focus a cone of incident light onto the specimen. To provide the inciden...

Endodontic therapy is performed in a naturally dark and confined working space. Operating microscopes were introduced into Endodontics in the early 1990s, and then into endodontic specialty programs in the United States. Since then, operating microscopes have become widely accepted by endodontists and are also increasingly being used by other specialists. The American Association of Endodontist...

We demonstrate a new design for a light-scattering microscope that is convenient to use and that allows simultaneous imaging and light scattering. The design is motivated by the growing use of thermal fluctuations to probe the viscoelastic properties of complex inhomogeneous environments. We demonstrate measurements of an optically nonergodic sample, one of the most challenging light-scattering...