Patent ID: 6674884
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G01N,G06K,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
A method of using a computer-controlled microscope imaging system for acquiring an analyzing areas of interest, said method comprising the steps of:scanning and digitizing a specimen at a low magnification through a microscope at a first location; displaying to the observer at a remote location the low magnification digitized image of the specimen; using a computer terminal at a remote location and selecting a segment of the specimen from a displayed low magnification digitized image for viewing at a higher magnification greater than the low magnification; sending signals from the computer at the remote location over an Internet or Intranet transmission channel for automatically scanning the selected segment at the higher magnification and digitizing a field of view image of the segment; sending signals representative of the high magnification field of view image over the Internet or Intranet transmission channel to the remote location; and making available at the remote location in real time to the view of the observer the respective, low magnification, digitized image and the high magnification, digitized field of view image of the segment.