RESEARCH PLAN

Principal Investigator/Program Director Williams,Robert W.

• Problems and Issues Addressed.
• Aim 1. iScope Microscope Design and Construction.
• Aim 2. Robotic Slide-Handling System.
• Aim 3. A Web Archive Of Image Stacks and Software for Stack Analysis.
• Aim 4. Streaming Video.
• Opportunities.
• Status of the Current Internet Microscopy Project
• Modern Stereology and the iScope Project.
• Novelty of the Neuroinformatics Component.
• Limitations and Problems.
• Precedents.
• Light Microscopes on the Internet.
• Unique Aspects of the iScope
• Compromises and Cost.
• Streaming Video.
• Future Directions.

EXPERIMENTAL PLAN

• Duration
• Aim 1: iScope Microscope Design and Assembly.
• Aim 2: Robotic Slide-Handling Systems.
• Aim 3: A Web Archive of Image Stacks and Software for Stereological Analysis.
• Aim 4: Streaming Video