Processing pathology images

A system for facilitating processing of pathology images, the system comprising at least one processor configured to:

• receive pathology image data representing a pathology image having a plurality of image regions, wherein the pathology image data includes, for each of the plurality of image regions, a respective plurality of representations of the image region including a first representation and a second representation, the second representation having a smaller data size than the first representation;
• for each of the plurality of image regions:
• determine, based at least in part on the first representation of the image region, a first set of image properties;
• and
• determine whether the first set of image properties meets first image property criteria;
• and
• if the first set of image properties meets the first image property criteria, produce signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation, wherein producing signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation comprises producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation, wherein producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation comprises including an identifier of the first representation in a replaceable first representation record, wherein the replaceable first representation record includes an identifying image including a binary image.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon codes that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

• receive pathology image data representing a pathology image having a plurality of image regions, wherein the pathology image data includes, for each of the plurality of image regions, a respective plurality of representations of the image region including a first representation and a second representation, the second representation having a smaller data size than the first representation;
• for each of the plurality of image regions:
• determine, based at least in part on the first representation of the image region, a first set of image properties;
• and
• determine whether the first set of image properties meets first image property criteria;
• and
• if the first set of image properties meets the first image property criteria, produce signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation, wherein producing signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation comprises producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation, wherein producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation comprises including an identifier of the first representation in a replaceable first representation record, wherein the replaceable first representation record includes an identifying image including a binary image.

A system for facilitating processing of pathology images, the system comprising:

• means for receiving pathology image data representing a pathology image having a plurality of image regions, wherein the pathology image data includes, for each of the plurality of image regions, a respective plurality of representations of the image region including a first representation and a second representation, the second representation having a smaller data size than the first representation;
• means for, for each of the plurality of image regions:
• determining, based at least in part on the first representation of the image region, a first set of image properties;
• determining whether the first set of image properties meets first image property criteria;
• and
• means for, if the first set of image properties meets the first image property criteria, producing signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation, wherein the means for producing signals for causing the second representation to be used in place of the first representation comprises means for producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation, wherein the means for producing signals identifying the first representation as replaceable by the second representation comprises means for including an identifier of the first representation in a replaceable first representation record, wherein the replaceable first representation record includes an identifying image including a binary image.