The BEST collection includes:
Slice
Slice is an image bank which:
- Holds over 22,600 biomedical images
- Gives members a licence to use the images for biomedical teaching purposes, no concerns about who to acknowledge as ownership and copyright are all documented with each image
- Acts as a virtual microscope for viewing whole slide images
- Provides information about the images
- Allows you to access teaching collections from other institutions
- Allows you to share links to these images with colleagues and students
- Includes an annotation tool that enables members to make private or public notes on images
- Provides a way to invite others to view your notes, or even join you to create annotations together
- Can be integrated into your institutions Learning Management System (Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, etc.) so that student accounts are automatically generated
Access to Slice is available after logging in here: https://www.best.edu.au/slice/
Brainstorm
Brainstorm is a comprehensive atlas of human neuroanatomy designed to compliment classroom activities. It:
- Allows for viewing of structures and comparison of appearance using gross dissections, myelin stained cross-sections, and MR images supported by diagrams and text
- Helps students test their knowledge on the location of structures with the quiz mode
- Reveals the role each structure plays with descriptions that correspond to each feature
Access to Brainstorm is available after logging in here: https://www.best.edu.au/brainstorm/