{"id":804,"date":"2016-01-05T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/?p=804"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:27:04","slug":"in-focus-microscopy-on-the-move-a-round-up-of-the-best-microscopy-related-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/in-focus-microscopy-on-the-move-a-round-up-of-the-best-microscopy-related-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"IN-FOCUS: Microscopy on the move. A round-up of the best microscopy apps for mobile devices."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2016\/01\/mobile-microscope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-848\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2016\/01\/mobile-microscope-1024x433.jpg\" alt=\"mobile microscope\" width=\"427\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here&#8217;s a quick round up of some useful imaging applications for portable\u00a0Android and Apple devices.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Cell Imaging HD.\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Molecular Probes cell imaging guide with protocols. This mobile app is designed to help you find fluorescent dyes, reagents and protocols for cell biology related fluorescence microscopy applications.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=air.com.invitrogen.protocolsplus&amp;hl=en\">Google Play Store (Android mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/cell-imaging\/id427825632?mt=8\">iTunes App Store (Apple mobile devices)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"><strong>Fluorescence SpectraViewer.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Plot and compare spectra, check the spectral compatibility for many fluorophores and email the configuration to yourself or to others in the lab in a clear printable format.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.thermofisher.mobile.android.spectraviewer&amp;hl=en_GB\">Google Play Store (Android mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fluorescence-spectraviewer\/id421031826?mt=8\">iTunes App Store (Apple mobile devices)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Leica DMShare.\u00a0<\/strong>Allows wireless transfer of microscopy images from the\u00a0latest\u00a0Leica camera systems to one or more\u00a0Android devices.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.leicams.dmshare\">Google Play Store (Android mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/leica-dmshare\/id526669066?mt=8\">iTunes App Store (Apple mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Microscopy and Analysis journal.<\/strong> The\u00a0leading international magazine for microscopists.\u00a0Loads of interesting articles, features and news\u00a0on microscopy and imaging.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=air.com.yudu.ReaderAIR2930731\">Google Play Store (Android mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/microscopy-analysis-magazine\/id422015081?mt=8\">iTunes App Store (Apple mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Smart Histology.\u00a0<\/strong>Microscope emulation that allows zooming and panning of over 100-histological tissues. A free LITE version is also available so that you can try before you buy.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.phonegap.smartHistology&amp;hl=en_GB\">Google Play Store (Android mobile devices)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/smart-histology\/id613186457?mt=8\">iTunes App Store (Apple mobile devices)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/3d-cell-simulation-stain-tool\/id381129413\">Molecular Probes 3D Cell App<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Learn about the cell and all its structures in 3D on Apple portable devices. Enjoy the ability to rotate the cell 360 degrees and zoom in on any cell structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeiss.com\/microscopy\/en_de\/products\/microscope-software\/microscopy-apps.html\">Zeiss microscopy apps<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Compendium\u00a0of Zeiss microscopy apps specifically for Apple portable devices (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/light-lab\/id488066212?mt=8\">Light Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/zen-browser\/id665543029?mt=8\">Zen Browser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/zen-remote\/id920051626?mt=8\">Zen remote<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/labscope\/id688689220?mt=8\">Labscope<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ke\/app\/matscope\/id845110238?mt=8\">Matscope<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you wish\u00a0to use\u00a0your smartphone camera as\u00a0a rudimentary digital magnifier\u00a0just search &#8216;microscope&#8217; in either the Google Play or iTunes App stores &#8211; there&#8217;s loads to choose from. Instructions available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KpMTkr_aiYU\">here <\/a>showing how to\u00a0build a perspex support stage with transmitted light illumination for your smartphone. If you want anything more sophisticated, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUBioimagingHub\/status\/811864079505719297\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">AJH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a quick round up of some useful imaging applications for portable\u00a0Android and Apple devices. Cell Imaging HD.\u00a0Molecular Probes cell imaging guide with protocols. This mobile app is designed to help you find fluorescent dyes, reagents and protocols for cell biology related fluorescence microscopy applications.\u00a0 Google Play Store (Android mobile devices) iTunes App Store (Apple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-focus"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}