PMA.start is Pathomations free viewer and a great tool to simply open and view whole slide images on local disks. PMA.start also interconnects with https://my.pathomation.com our cloud digital pathology platform where you can do so much more like share images, make annotations, create user groups, organise courses and quizzes and explore AI image analysis.

With PMA.start you have

• Easy to install and use
• Low system requirements
• Local storage access
• Broad support of vendor-specific file formats
• Browser independent
• One environment for all imaging modalities
  • Brightfield
  • Fluorescence
  • Z-stacking
• Local tile server enabled
• Open source SDK available
• Full-screen viewing mode included
• Inspect slide meta-data

After updating to a new version of PMA.start, you can see what changed with your previous version by means of the release notes menu option in the top-right corner: