“Bringing all that data into VR not only allows the scientist to see their 2D microscope images in full 3D, but to interact with the data, selecting channels, adjusting the views, colors, and contrast, and grabbing and rotating the images to quickly identify key aspects of the image that are coupled back to the disease under study.”
The eventual goal is for the researchers to share the VR tool, called ExMicroVR, on open platforms with other researchers along with expansion microscopy so that they too can view new details of disease processes and understand larger, more complex sets of data.
The system to convert expansion microscopy data into VR 3D images will be affordable and easily accessible to researchers and physicians in developing countries. It will also allow for up to six people to collaborate and view the same sample remotely at the same time.
Funding for the research came through Grand Challenges, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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