Tissue cassette reader

A method comprising:

• placing a mobile phone in a carriage that is coupled to and projects a distance above a base;
• placing a container below the carriage, the container comprising a plurality of tissue cassettes, wherein each of the plurality of tissue cassettes comprises an identifier on a front face thereof, with the front face of each of the plurality of tissue cassettes facing the carriage;
• successively capturing by the mobile phone of more than one image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes while the plurality of tissue cassettes remain in the container while one of the carriage and the base move with respect to the other such that each of the more than one image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes is captured in a distinct field of view of the mobile phone that is less than an area of the container;
• reading each of the successively captured more than one image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes;
• and
• discarding or ignoring any identifier that has been read by a previously captured image.

A machine-readable medium comprising non-transitory instructions that when executed by a mobile phone comprise a method comprising:

• directing an apparatus comprising a carriage coupled to and projecting a distance above a base to move one of the carriage and the base in a direction with respect to the other along an axis;
• in response to the movement, capturing successive images by the mobile phone in the carriage of an area below the carriage comprising a container, the container comprising a plurality of tissue cassettes, wherein each of the plurality of tissue cassettes comprises an identifier on a front face thereof, with the front face of each of the plurality of tissue cassettes facing the carriage, and wherein capturing successive images comprise more than one image of each of the plurality of tissue cassettes in the container captured while the one of the carriage and the base move with respect to the other such that each of the more than one image of the identifier on each of the plurality of cassettes is captured in a distinct field of view of the mobile phone that is less than an area of the container;
• reading each of the successively captured more than one image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes;
• discarding or ignoring any identifier that has been read by a previously captured image;
• and
• stitching the successive images into an overall image.