Digital pathology scanning interface and workflow

A system for generating high-resolution image scans, the system comprising:

• (i) one or more processors, and (ii) one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a representation of a slide tray having a plurality of slide positions on a display device, wherein the representation includes a plurality of placeholders, each placeholder corresponding to one of the plurality of slide positions;
• populating each of the plurality of placeholders with scanning operation status information received from a scanning device;
• sequentially populating each of the placeholders with scanned images of biological samples received from the scanning device;
• and
• transmitting signals to the scanning device to effectuate scanning of one or more microscope slides located at one or more slide positions of the slide tray based on one or more selected user configurable scanning settings.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for generating high-resolution image scans with a slide scanning device, comprising:

• displaying a plurality of non-overlapping placeholders, each placeholder corresponding to a slide position of a slide tray inserted in the slide scanning device, wherein each placeholder has a first portion adapted to convey image data, and a second portion adapted to convey one or more data fields;
• populating the second portion of each of the plurality of non-overlapping placeholders with at least scanning operation status information;
• and
• populating the first portion of at least one of the plurality of non-overlapping placeholders with a preview scan image of a biological sample located at a corresponding slide position of the slide tray.

A method of acquiring a high-resolution scan of a biological sample disposed on a substrate with a scanning device, the method comprising:

• receiving, on a graphical user interface, a first user input corresponding to user configurable scanning settings;
• receiving, on a graphical user interface, a second user input to initiate scanning based on the first user input corresponding to the user configurable scanning settings;
• and
• displaying, on the graphical user interface, at least a visualization of one or more placeholders populated with one or more of (i) scanning operation status information, (ii) image data, and/or (iii) at least a portion of the user configurable scanning settings.