Virtual slide stage (VSS) method for viewing whole slide images

A method of virtually navigating and viewing Whole Slide Images (WSI), the method comprising:

• detecting, by two or more sensors coupled to a virtual slide stage (VSS), user movement of a target placed on a surface of the VSS, the user movement detected by the two or more sensors resulting in target movement in the plane of the surface of the VSS, including detecting rotation of the target;
• computationally transforming the detected user movement including the detected rotation from the two or more sensors into a plurality of movement profiles of the target, the plurality of the movement profiles being processed using computational movement models to generate modeled user movement data and rotational computations of the target;
• transmitting the modeled user movement data from the VSS sensors;
• the transmitted output representing an approximation of user movement of the target relative to the VSS;
• computationally processing the modeled user movement data to determine desired movement of a WSI image, wherein the processing includes processing the detected target rotation of the WSI image in the plane of the surface of the VSS;
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• relaying the generated processed movement data, via a viewing application configured on the user device.

A device configured to navigate and view Whole Slide Images (WSI), the device comprising:

• a virtual slide stage (VSS) having two or more sensors detecting user movement of a target placed on a surface of the VSS, the user movement detected by the two or more sensors resulting in target movement in the plane of the surface of the VSS, including detecting rotation of the target;
• an input, coupled to the VSS, providing movement control of the target;
• a communication connection connecting the VSS to a remote user device and transmitting output from the two or more VSS sensors and the input component to the user device, the transmitted output representing user movement of the target relative to the VSS;
• the VSS, in communication with a computer processor, computationally processing the transmitted output into approximated user rotation predictions of the target, the approximated user rotation predictions being transformed into a plurality of the user movement profiles to generate modeled movement data and rotational computations of the target;
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• the computer processor, in communication with the VSS, computationally processing the modeled user movement data and rotational computations of the target to represent desired movement of a WSI image, the computer processor executing software, which causes the generated processed user movement data to be relayed via a viewing software application executing on the user device, wherein the computationally processing includes processing the detected target rotation in the plane of the surface of the VSS.