PMA.start

PMA.start is a free viewer and a popular choice for those starting with digital pathology and wishing to explore. When choosing a desktop slide viewer PMA.start has several advantages over other viewers.

• Web-based browser; front-end runs in the webbrowser of your choice
• Examine brighfield, fluorescent, and z-stacked slide content from the same environment
• Plug and play support for external hard disks
• ImageJ/FIJI plugin available for smooth transition of slide content for IA algo development
• SDKs available through Github

Use PMA.start to view whole slide images stored on your pc local drives

• Look at brightfield slides
• Look at fluorescent slides
• look at z-stacked slides

Because PMA.start also includes a local tile server, you can use the software for automation and experiment with coding.