System and method for analyzing tissue slides for observable pathologies
AssigneeCarl Zeiss MicroImaging AIS, Inc.
InventorsKenneth J. Bloom, Jack A. Zeineh
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Abstract
A system, device, and method for analyzing cellular specimen slides for observable pathologies, including presenting a first image of a first slide including a first portion of a cellular specimen, wherein the first portion is stained with a first stain, initiating an automated randomization sequence, wherein one or more regions of the first image are randomly selected and presented, and effecting analysis of the first image at each of the one or more regions to determine whether each of the one or more regions includes an area of interest.
Claims20
A method for analyzing cellular specimen slides for observable pathologies, said method comprising:
- presenting a first image of a first slide comprising a first portion of a cellular specimen, wherein said first portion is stained with a first stain;
- initiating an automated randomization sequence, wherein one or more regions of said first image are randomly selected and presented;
- and
- effecting analysis of said first image at each of said one or more regions to determine whether each of said one or more regions comprises an area of interest.
A computer-readable medium having recorded therein indicia for performing the steps of:
- capture a first image of a first portion of a cellular specimen on a first slide, wherein said first portion is stained with a first stain;
- initiate an automated randomization sequence, wherein one or more regions of said cellular specimen are randomly selected and presented;
- and
- analyze said first image at each of said one or more regions to determine whether each of said one or more regions comprises an area of interest.
A method for analyzing cellular specimen slides for observable pathologies, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of slides, each comprising a portion of a cellular specimen, wherein each of said portions is stained with a stain;
- capturing an image of each of said stained portions;
- presenting said images in a predetermined order based upon cellular specimen type and a type of said stain.
A method for analyzing cellular specimen slides for observable pathologies, said method comprising:
- identification of areas of interest comprising:
- presenting a first image of a first slide comprising a first portion of a cellular specimen, wherein said first portion is stained with a first stain,
- selecting and presenting one or more regions of said first portion, and
- effecting analysis of said first image at each of said one or more regions to determine whether each of said one or more regions comprises an area of interest;
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- registration of said images of said slides comprising:
- presenting a second image of a second slide comprising a second portion of said cellular specimen stained with a second stain and a third image of a third slide comprising a third portion of said cellular specimen stained with a third stain, wherein said second and third images are presented to a user in a predetermined order, and
- locating of corresponding areas of interest on said on said second and third images, said corresponding areas of interest substantially corresponding to said area of interest on said first image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.