System and method for automated stratigraphic analysis

A system, comprising:

• a slide scanner;
• and
• an electronic device coupled to the slide scanner and comprising:
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to be configured to:
• cause the slide scanner to capture a plurality of images of a slide prepared with a rock sample in a non-continuous scanning pattern until a predetermined coverage percentage of the slide is captured, wherein each image is a block of a predetermined block dimension;
• generate a prediction for each of the images, wherein the prediction for an image includes an identification of a fossil of a species present in the image and a confidence level associated with the identification;
• filter the images based on a confidence level threshold for the confidence level associated with the identified species;
• and
• generate a filtered set of images comprising the prediction for each image.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to be configured to:

• cause a slide scanner to capture a plurality of images of a slide prepared with a rock sample in a non-continuous scanning pattern until a predetermined coverage percentage of the slide is captured, wherein each image is a block of a predetermined block dimension;
• generate a prediction for each of the images, wherein the prediction for an image includes an identification of a fossil of a species present in the image and a confidence level associated with the identification;
• filter the images based on a confidence level threshold for the confidence level associated with the identified species;
• and
• generate a filtered set of images comprising the prediction for each image.