The Virtual Microscope
The Virtual Microscope
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1998-10-15
Authors
Ferreira, Renato
Moon, Bongki
Humphries, Jim
Sussman, Alan
Saltz, Joel
Miller, Robert
Demarzo, Angelo
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Abstract
We present the design of the Virtual Microscope, a software system
employing a client/server architecture to provide a realistic emulation of
a high power light microscope. We discuss several technical challenges
related to providing the performance necessary to achieve rapid response
time, mainly in dealing with the enormous amounts of data (tens to hundreds
of gigabytes per slide) that must be retrieved from secondary storage and
processed. To effectively implement the data server,
the system design relies on the computational power and high
I/O throughput available from an appropriately configured parallel computer.
(Also cross-referenced as UMIACS-TR-97-35)