Tutorials, Papers & Documents

Manuals & Tutorials 2026/ Installation Manuals 2026

Documents for practical part	LINK
The SCIL-image manual	X
The SCIL-image reference manual	X
The DIP-image reference manual
The DIP-Lib short reference manual	X

	X
The Huygens Remote Manager Tutorial	X
Huygens Essential Reference Manual	X
Link to Vaa3D for download Install version (all OS available)	X
Instructions for compiled local install of Vaa3D from the source code	X

Additional Papers 2025 Course

The papers listed in the table below provide good additional reading for subjects addresses in the lectures. These papers are meant for side reading so as to increase background knowledge

#	Author	Paper subject (title)	PDF
3,4	Book Chapter	Sampling	X
7,8	MW Davidson & M. Abramowitz	Optical Microscopy	X
14	NN	Fret Imaging, short introduction	X
14	A. Jain et al.	Review paper data clustering	X

Microscopy Facilities at Sylvius Laboratory.

The microscope facilities in the Sylvius Laboratory, also referred to as the Microscopy Unit will be used to gain experience on image acquisition. In the current setup, the Sylvius facilities will be used for bright-field and fluorescence microscopy. The images acquisition with the confocal microscopes will be done at the Cell Observatory in the Gorleaus Laboratory. Each team will reserved a time slot to acquire an own set of images. Please follow instructions and use the time slot allotted to you and be on time. If you have questions, or are unexpectedly prevented at the indicated time, contact the course administration.

The address:
Sylvius Laboratory,
Sylviusweg 72
2333 AL Leiden
Phone: +31 71 527 4700 / 5000

Sample Exams from previous years

Test	Exam	Answer
Exam Part 1	X	X
Exam Part 2	X	X

The material to study for the for tests (2026) is given in this [FILE].