Patent ID: 8107770
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a position of an area of an object within said object, wherein an image of said area of said object is contained within a field of view of a microscope, and wherein image data representing a low magnification image of the complete object is available, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring high magnification image data representing an image of the field of view of the microscope; and using a processor to perform the steps of: processing the high magnification image data to reduce the resolution thereof; comparing the processed high magnification image data with portions of the low magnification image data; identifying, for each portion of the low magnification image data, if there is a possible match between the processed high magnification image data and the portion of the low magnification image data, based on the results of said comparison; storing the location of the portion of the low magnification image data for the possible match, in the event that a single possible match is identified; storing the location of the portion of the low magnification image data for each possible match, in the event that a plurality of possible matches are identified; and determining said position of an area of an object within said object based on said stored location or locations.