Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides
AssigneeAperio Technologies, Inc.
InventorOle Eichhorn
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Abstract
Systems and methods for retrieving, manipulating, and viewing 3D image objects from 3D virtual microscope slide images (“3D digital slides”) are provided. An image library module provides access to the imagery data in a 3D digital slide and constructs 3D image objects that are coextensive with the 3D digital slide or a 3D sub-portion thereof. From within the 3D image object, cross layer planar views spanning various depths of the 3D digital slide are constructed as well as 3D prisms and other shaped image areas. The image library module allows a 3D image object to be sliced into horizontal and vertical views, skewed cross layer views and regular and irregular shaped 3D image areas for viewing by a user.
Claims8
A system for providing three dimensional views of digital slide information contained in a computer constructed image object, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store computer executable programmed modules and information;
- a processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory computer readable medium configured to execute programmed modules stored therein;
- a display for presenting information;
- a computer constructed three dimensional image object having a plurality of scanned Z-planes stored in said non-transitory computer readable medium;
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- an image library module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to access the computer constructed image object and provide a cross layer three dimensional view of digital slide information, wherein the cross layer three dimensional view comprises contiguous image information from at least two scanned Z-planes with interpolated image information therebetween.
A computer implemented method for constructing a three dimensional view of digital slide imagery data from a portion of an image object including scanned image data from a plurality of image planes, where one or more processors are programmed to perform the steps comprising:
- identifying a first point in an image object having a first height, a first width, and a first focus value;
- identifying a second point in the image object having a second height, a second width, and a second focus value;
- identifying a third point in the image object having a third height, a third width, and a third focus value;
- constructing a first plane in the image object from said first, second, and third points;
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- providing a cross layer three dimensional view from said first plane, wherein the cross layer three dimensional view comprises contiguous image information from at least two scanned image planes with interpolated image information presented between at least two of said scanned image planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.