Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Imaging, Inc.
InventorOle Eichhorn
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a view of a digital slide image. In an embodiment, a digital slide image file is accessed. The digital slide image file may comprise a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths. Then, a three-dimensional object is constructed from the digital slide image file. The three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes that are derived from one or more of the first image planes and may comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the first image planes. In addition, a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional view of the three-dimensional object may be generated.
Claims20
A method for providing a view of a digital slide image, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor to:
- access at least one digital slide image file, wherein the digital slide image file comprises a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths;
- construct a three-dimensional image object from the at least one digital slide image, wherein the three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes derived from one or more of the plurality of first image planes, and wherein the plurality of second image planes comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the plurality of first image planes;
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- generate a view of the three-dimensional image object.
A system for providing a view of a digital slide image, the system comprising:
- at least one hardware processor;
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- one or more modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,
- access at least one digital slide image file, wherein the digital slide image file comprises a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths,
- construct a three-dimensional image object from the at least one digital slide image, wherein the three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes derived from one or more of the plurality of first image planes, and wherein the plurality of second image planes comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the plurality of first image planes, and
- generate a view of the three-dimensional image object.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more sequences of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- access at least one digital slide image file, wherein the digital slide image file comprises a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths;
- construct a three-dimensional image object from the at least one digital slide image, wherein the three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes derived from one or more of the plurality of first image planes, and wherein the plurality of second image planes comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the plurality of first image planes;
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- generate a view of the three-dimensional image object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.