Research Guides: Slice & Brainstorm: Introduction

Creating an Account

You will receive an email from the BEST Network to create an account using your VT email address. The same account will be used to access both Slice and Brainstorm (links below). Note, this email includes an expiration as to when the link will no longer be valid to create an account, so when you receive the email, be sure to register your account before the link expires. If you run into issues, please email me at kdebose@vt.edu.

Accessing these products

Use the links below to log in and access the content, both for class work and to create your own learning aides.

Slice
Slice is a web platform of 22,000+ biomedical teaching images and virtual microscope slides spanning human anatomy and pathology, veterinary science, diagnostic imaging, microbiology, haematology, botany, and dentistry. It includes a deep viewer (up to ~40x–100x) for microscope-like exploration, plus tools to annotate, organize images into collections, and share for teaching. Available to M1 students and VTCSOM Phase 1 teaching faculty only.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm is an online neuroanatomy atlas for teaching and self-study. Learners explore labelled brain structures across gross dissections, myelin-stained cross-sections, and MR images, supported by diagrams and brief function notes; a quiz mode helps students practice identifying structures. Brainstorm is used in neuroanatomy courses and is available via a BEST account. Available to M1 students and VTCSOM Phase 1 teaching faculty only.

Slice User Guide

The BEST Network has created this helpful training guide for using their Slice product.

Slice Student Guide