Patent Document ID: 9883093
Application ID: 15351889
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for processing, saving and viewing a digital image of a microscope slide, comprising: providing an acquisition computer connected to a network server in communication with a computer network; inserting at least one microscope slide into a digital slide scanner connected to the acquisition computer; the acquisition computer generating a pre-scan of the microscope slide at a pre-scan magnification and a pre-scan resolution, the pre-scan comprising a plurality of sequentially scanned image tiles; the acquisition computer uploading each of the plurality of image tiles to the network server as each image tile is scanned; the network server analyzing the image tiles while the pre-scan is being generated to identify an area of interest in the pre-scan; the acquisition computer generating a local scan of the area of interest at a second magnification higher than the pre-scan magnification, the local scan comprising a plurality of local image tiles; the acquisition computer uploading each of the plurality of local image tiles to the network server while the local scan is being generated, each local image tile being viewable by a client computer in communication with the computer network while the plurality of local image tiles are being uploaded; the network server assembling a raw final image of the local scan from a mosaic of the plurality of local image tiles; and saving the raw final image on the network server independent of whether the raw final image is saved on the acquisition computer, wherein each local image tile is sharpened to create a plurality of sharpened local image tiles while the plurality of local image tiles are being uploaded; the network server assembling a sharpened final image from the plurality of sharpened local image tiles while the plurality of local image tiles are being uploaded; and the client computer selecting between the raw final image and the sharpened final image for viewing immediately without saving the raw final image and the sharpened final image locally and without transferring the entire raw final image or the entire sharpened final image after the acquisition computer generates the local scan.