Patent ID: 8625930
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for finding a regions of interest in a first image of a tissue-containing slide having a label and a cover slip having at least one cover slip boundary placed thereon, said method comprising: acquiring a first low resolution image of a least a portion of the tissue-containing slide; identifying a first tissue-containing region in the first low resolution image, said first tissue containing region comprising a first portion of the tissue; identifying a second tissue-containing region in the first low resolution image, said second tissue-containing region comprising a second portion of the tissue; identifying at least one label-containing region in the first low resolution image, said at least one label-containing region comprising a portion of the label; identifying at least one cover slip boundary-containing region in the first low resolution image, said at least one cover slip boundary-containing region comprising a portion of the cover-slip; identifying, in the first low resolution image, a staining artifacts region, said staining artifacts region comprising staining artifacts near the at least one cover slip boundary of the cover slip; and segmenting the first image into at least five regions, the at least five regions comprising: merging the first tissue-containing region and the second tissue-containing region into a single region of interest; and acquiring a subsequent image of only the single region of interest, after the merging step.