Web-based telemicroscopy

By taking advantage of network-based computing and the recent developments in Web interfaces, centralized research facilities housing: specialized and unique imaging instruments along with associated high-performance computing can be made available to researchers for use from their own laboratories. In addition to increasing: access and utilization of these facilities, operation over the Internet is expected to enhance research by facilitating collaboration between researchers. We describe the implementation of a platform-independent Web-based system written in Java that supplements automated functions with video-guided interactive, collaborative remote control and data acquisition from an intermediate-high-voltage electron microscope. (C) 1999 Academic Press.