irma: An Interactive Remote Microscopy Application for WWW-Based Control of an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM).

Benjamin Grosser

Manager, Visualization, Media and Imaging Laboratory

Nick Kisseberth

Senior Research Programmer

irma (Interactive Remote Microscopy Application) is a new software system for web-based remote control of a Philips XL30 ESEM-FEG. irma consists of three primary applications, the irma|ESEM Image Observer, the irma|ESEM Scope Controller, and irma|Server. irma|ESEM Image Observer (Observer) and irma|ESEM Scope Controller (Controller) constitute the Java-based GUI front-end for microscope control and image acquisition.

Imaging Technology Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Technical Report 99-007
grosser@uiuc.edu

Date Issued: 21 April 1999

Copyright © 1999 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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