Detecting specific cells and molecules in a sample poses a challenge in remote and
resource-limited areas, which has resulted in the rising demand for Point-Of-Care (POC) …

This article presents a review after an exhaustive search that yielded 23 works carried out in
the last decade for the availability of optical microscopes with open hardware as a low‐cost …

Light microscopy enables researchers to observe cellular mechanisms with high spatial and
temporal resolution. However, the increasing complexity of current imaging technologies …

Most government schools and colleges run on low budgets in India, yet they cater to a large
population of students. In government settings, biology labs lack basic equipment such as …

Background Digital pathology has widened pathologists' opportunities to examine both
surgical and cytological samples. Recently, portable mobile devices like tablets and …

Innovations in infectious disease testing have improved our abilities to detect and
understand the microbial world. The 2019 novel coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) …

Background Deployment and access to state-of-the-art precision medicine technologies
remains a fundamental challenge in providing equitable global cancer care in low-resource …

Purpose: Smartphone-based microscopy tool like foldscope (FS) may serve the purpose of a
low-cost diagnostic alternative to the compound light microscope especially in areas with …

Microscopic techniques in low-to-middle income countries are constrained by the lack of
adequate equipment and trained operators. Since light microscopy delivers crucial methods …

Philippine clinical laboratory licensing requirements mandate that diagnostic microscopy for
Tuberculosis (TB) sputum microscopy, urinalysis, pap smears, wet smears, an option for …