Patent ID: 6535626
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for assisting an observer to analyze a specimen, said specimen defining regions, said method comprising, in order, the following steps:acquiring into a machine a set of data regarding a plurality of said regions; said machine analyzing said set of data and establishing respectively for each of a plurality of said regions a probability estimate that said region is of interest; displaying for preview by said observer a set of biasing-information including a group of said regions defined according to probability estimates that said regions are of interest, whereby subsequent screening of said specimen by said observer may be biased by said observer's preview of said biasing-information; said machine generating a presentation function defining parameters for presentation of a subset of said regions to said observer for screening via a microscope, said parameters including, respectively for each given region in said subset, a timing parameter defining how slowly said given region is presented to said observer via said microscope, said timing parameter for a given region being based at least in part on said probability estimate that said given region is of interest, wherein said timing parameter may vary among regions in said subset as said probability estimate varies among said regions in said subset; and after displaying said biasing-information for preview by said observer, presenting said subset of said regions via a microscope according to said presentation function, for screening of said subset of regions by said observer, whereby said observer may be given more time to screen a region that has a higher probability estimate that said region is of interest than another region.