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How much disk space do scans require?
uScope HXII

Information in this article applies to:

uScopeHXII (Model HX2C) — uScopeHXII (Model HX2D)

Article ID: HXB1158 — Created: 27 Feb 2018 — Reviewed: 8 Apr 2018

Question

How much drive space does a scan require?

Answer

Disk drive space requirements for whole slide scans vary greatly depending on image format, compression, scan region size, camera mode, objective magnification, and so on. In general, the amount of memory (RAM) in your computer does not limit the size of the scan.

The following table provides a number of disk space estimates for various scans that use the specified settings/configuration.

ROI Size	Objective	Camera Mode	Fields	Disk Space Required
15×15 mm	10x	SD	≈700	≈125 MByte
15×15 mm	10x	HD	≈560	≈375 MByte
15×15 mm	20x	SD	≈2,800	≈500 MByte
15×15 mm	20x	HD	≈2,240	≈1,500 MByte
15×15 mm	40x	SD	≈11,200	≈2,000 MByte
15×15 mm	40x	HD	≈8,960	≈6,000 MByte
15×15 mm	60x	SD	≈25,200	≈8,000 MByte
15×15 mm	60x	HD	≈20,160	≈24,000 MByte