Patent ID: 8165363

Claim:
A computer implemented method for improved quality assurance in pathology comprising: receiving a glass slide with a tissue sample disposed on a surface of the glass slide, wherein the tissue sample has been counterstained with at least two stains; digitally scanning the glass slide to create a digital slide image of the tissue sample; digitally analyzing the digital slide image to assess the quality of the digital slide image; comparing the assessed quality of the digital slide image to a set of predetermined criteria; determining that the quality of the digital slide image meets the set of predetermined criteria; identifying one or more regions of the digital slide image having a first color corresponding to a first of said at least two stains; changing the first color in the identified one or more regions of the digital slide image to a second color in the digital slide image to create an enhanced digital slide image; and providing the enhanced digital slide image on a digital image viewer for review by a pathologist.