Patent ID: 8086077

Claim:
A system for storing a digital slide image having imagery data at a plurality of resolution levels, comprising: a data storage area configured to store DICOM image data; an image capture module configured to operate an image capture device and acquire digital image data representative of a physical slide specimen, the image capture module further configured to create a digital slide image having image data of at least two resolution levels; a DICOM module configured to divide the digital slide image data at a first resolution into a first plurality of regions and divide the digital slide image data at a second resolution into a second plurality of regions and create a plurality of first DICOM images from each of said first plurality of regions and create a plurality of second DICOM images from each of said second plurality of regions, the DICOM module further configured to create a first DICOM series comprising the first DICOM images at the first resolution and create a second DICOM series comprising the second DICOM images at the second resolution, and the DICOM module further configured to assemble each of the individual DICOM images in the first and second DICOM series into a DICOM study and store the DICOM study in the data storage area.