COVID19 tools to enable contact free advanced microscopy, remote training and technical support while maintaining physical distancing.

该提案旨在开发无接触显微镜、远程培训和技术支持以及人工智能代理，以监控、适应和改进显微镜培训材料和整体培训体验。无接触显微镜将最大限度地减少COVID-19期间复杂清洁方案的负担。这里开发的培训计划和软硬件工具将为研究人员提供高质量的个性化远程培训和技术支持，使他们能够立即获得用于COVID-19研究和其他重要领域研究的基础和先进显微镜技术。重要的是，这种情况甚至可以在解除物理距离规则之前发生，而无需亲自接触。原理验证实验演示了显微镜的语音控制，基本功能的培训，如如何设置三维图像采集和可穿戴技术的自动化技术支持。我们的合作伙伴卡尔蔡司加拿大和Beam Me Up实验室致力于提供软件访问，软件开发和技术支持，人工智能技术和支持我们将开发的工具的持续改进。他们的伙伴关系和贡献对项目的实现至关重要。测试和采用该技术所需的一切都已准备就绪，可以帮助麦吉尔大学高级生物成像设施（ABIF）安全恢复全面运行。这些技术将通过庞大的生物成像网络和该团队的培训专业知识在加拿大各地和国际上传播和应用。

This proposal aims to develop contact free microscopy, remote training and technical support and an artificial intelligence agent to monitor, adapt and improve microscopy training material and the overall training experience. Contact free microscopy will minimize the burden of complex cleaning protocols in the COVID-19 period. The training programs and software and hardware tools developed here will enable high quality personalized remote training and technical support for researchers to access fundamental and advanced microscopy technologies for COVID-19 research and research in other important fields immediately. Importantly, this can happen even before physical distancing rules are lifted without the need for in person contact. Proof of principle experiments demonstrate voice control of the microscope, training in basic features such as how to set up image acquisition in three dimensions and automated technical support with wearable technologies. Our partners Carl Zeiss Canada and Beam Me Up Labs are committed to providing software access, software development and technical support, AI technology and support for continued improvement of the tools we will develop. Their partnership and contributions are essential to enable the project. Everything required to test and adopt the technology is ready to assist the McGill University Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF) get back to full operations safely. The technologies will be disseminated and applied throughout Canada and internationally through the vast bioimaging networks and training expertise of the team.