Impulse rescan system

A method comprising:

• moving a scanning stage in a controlled direction relative to an imaging system;
• digitizing a portion of a sample supported by the scanning stage during said movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• using one or more sensors to generate sensor data during said movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• analyzing the sensor data generated by the one or more sensors during movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• identifying an event in the sensor data based on the analysis, wherein the event comprises a one or more of a duration and a distance of a detected movement of the scanning stage in a non-controlled direction during movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction, and
• initiating a re-digitizing of the portion of the sample being digitized by the imaging system when the identified event occurred if the identified event exceeds a predetermined threshold.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions for causing one or more processors to perform the steps comprising:

• moving a scanning stage in a controlled direction relative to an imaging system;
• digitizing a portion of a sample supported by the scanning stage during said movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• using one or more sensors to generate sensor data during said movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• analyzing the sensor data generated by the one or more sensors during movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction;
• identifying an event in the sensor data based on the analysis, wherein the event comprises a one or more of a duration and a distance of a detected movement of the scanning stage in a non-controlled direction during movement of the scanning stage in the controlled direction, and
• initiating a re-digitizing of the portion of the sample being digitized by the imaging system when the identified event occurred if the identified event exceeds a predetermined threshold.