Method and apparatus for processing an image of a tissue sample microarray
AssigneeBacus Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJames W. Bacus, James V. Bacus
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing an image of a tissue sample microarray include placing a plurality of tissue samples in an array on a microscope slide. The tissue samples are then simultaneously and uniformly treated, as by staining. Images of the tissue making up the microarray are captured and stored together with identifying information related thereto. The images may be displayed from the digital storage medium using a programmed processor which can select various magnifications for display. The images also can be accessed by network and remotely.
Claims15
A method of processing an image of a tissue sample microarray, comprising:
- placing a plurality of tissue samples in an array on a microscope slide;
- treating simultaneously all of the tissue samples on the microscope slide with a substantially identical treatment;
- scanning each of the tissue samples and generating image signals representative thereof;
- storing the tissue sample image signals;
- indexing stored images of the tissue samples.
A method of processing images of a tissue microarray, comprising:
- selecting at least a portion of a tissue sample image from a tissue image set of a stored microarray file which was generated from multiple tissue samples on a microscope slide simultaneously subjected to a substantially identical treatment, the stored microarray file including identifying information individualized for each of the stored tissue sample image sets;
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- displaying at least a portion of the stored tissue image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.