Nikon unveils digital pathology solution

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May 2019—Nikon Instruments debuted the OS-15-N, a digital slide scanning system featuring Nikon optics, at the USCAP annual meeting, March 16–21, National Harbor, Md. Nikon partnered with OptraScan to provide an end-to-end digital pathology solution that takes advantage of Nikon’s optics and OptraScan’s desktop slide scanning system, the OS-15. The OS-15-N features Nikon’s highest level, research-grade Plan Apo Lambda objectives, which combine Nikon’s Nano Crystal Coat technology and high numerical aperture. With Plan Apo correction, “true image reproduction with minimal distortion is guaranteed, enabling edge-to-edge quantitation and maximum data throughput and reproducibility,” the company reports. The OS-15-N system also includes OptraScan’s ImagePath for web-based image management and viewing and TelePath cloud-based telepathology solution for real-time digital conferencing.