Table 2

TeleMicrobiology Intercase Parts Lists ($2,900)

1-Sample Illuminator/Interrogator ($1,700)

4-Data processing Software (Free)

• 100×, 1.0NA LW Lumin Objective

• Operating System (BioTIFF Ubuntu 8.04 LTS)

• LW Lumin LED Illuminator

• Data acquisition, (gPhoto)

2-Digital sensor ($600)

• Collaboration software (BioTIFF-Access Grid)

• Canon A640 digital point-&-shoot camera¹

• Annotation software (BioTIFF 1.0)

• Canon LA-DC58F, 58 mm Conversion Lens

• Intercase Network Interpretation Services

• Zeiss Digital Camera Adapter P95 M37/52 × 0.75

• Reporting software (Open Office, gMail, Firefox)

3-Data processing Hardware ($300)

5-Data/Image Display ($200)

• commodity motherboard/CPU combo

• 14", 1024 × 728, 13 Watt (MegaVision MV142)¹

(MX1333 motherboard/Pentium 4 E-2160 CPU)¹

6-Power/cooling/enclosure components ($100)

• RAM (Kingston 2 GB)

• Power Kit (Pico PSU 90 Power Kit)

• Live Operating System Key (8 GB Cruzer)

• CPU Fan

• USB Hub, keyboard, mouse speakers, microphone

• Intercase Box

¹Part no longer available but can be source used or replaced by equivalent next generation part.

Suhanic et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:164   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-164