Olympus BLISS HD Virtual Microscopy System

Olympus, a major provider of virtual microscopy solutions worldwide, offers a completely new look at the field with its high definition virtual microscopy system, the BLISS HD™. A comprehensive workstation incorporating a dedicated microscope stand, scanning instrumentation and powerful, easy-to-use software, the system offers the highest optical performance commercially available for virtual slide scanning.

Virtual Microscopy System

BLISS HD is ideal for training, education, consultation, testing, archiving, research and other purposes. It offers a high degree of flexibility, allowing multiple-magnification scanning as well as an option for high-resolution oil immersion scans. Its Virtual Z™ feature allows capture and display of multiple Z focal planes for true virtual microscopy applications, and the system is designed to be easy to use, with simple one- or two-touch operation.

"BLISS HD is for clinical or research applications where having the best image quality possible, along with the greatest ease of operation, is desirable - areas like teaching, consulting, archiving and publishing," said Christopher Higgins, Group Manager, Clinical Digital Imaging Marketing for Olympus America. "All of the vitally important slide data is captured for future reference, and because nothing is lost, these slides will work effectively for tomorrow's most demanding virtual microscopy applications."

The BLISS HD system includes a dedicated microscope stand optimized for virtual slide applications with very fast Z-axis response times, a motorized six-place nosepiece, a high-resolution three-CCD digital camera, and powerful, easy-to-use acquisition and control software running on the Windows Vista™ operating system. The BLISS HD workstation also includes SlideTray™, a digital slide organizer, WebSlide® Enterprise Viewer and Database software, storage for 750-1000 slides and dual 20-inch color monitors. The system comes equipped with Olympus 1.25x, 10x, 20x and 40x UIS2 plan apochromatic objectives. The optional oil scanning package includes a 60x, 1.35 NA, UIS2 objective plus software.