Systems and methods of metadata and image management for reviewing data from transmission electron microscope (TEM) sessions

A computer system for performing post-experimental analysis using metadata from an experimental session, the computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• a database;
• and
• at least one processor configured for:
• storing, in the memory, image data comprising a plurality of images captured during the experimental session,
• wherein the experimental session is performed using electron microscopy;
• storing, in the database, metadata associated with the image data,
• wherein the metadata includes image-specific metadata associated with individual images from the image data at the image level and session-specific metadata associated with a plurality of images from the image data at the session level;
• and
• using the metadata to generate a visual representation of a plurality of selected images from the image data that are selected based on the image-specific metadata, the session-specific metadata, or a combination of the image-specific metadata and the session-specific metadata as an interactive timeline.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to be implemented on at least one computing device including at least one processor, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one computing device to perform a method of using metadata from an experimental session to perform post-experimental analysis, the method comprising:

• storing, in a memory, image data comprising a plurality of images captured during the experimental session,
• wherein the experimental session is performed using electron microscopy;
• storing, in the database, metadata associated with the image data,
• wherein the metadata includes image-specific metadata associated with individual images from the image data at the image level and session-specific metadata associated with a plurality of images from the image data at the session level;
• and
• using the metadata to generate a visual representation of a plurality of selected images from the image data that are selected based on the image-specific metadata, the session-specific metadata, or a combination of the image-specific metadata and the session-specific metadata as an interactive timeline.