Creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9069179
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14499583

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Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional digital slides are provided. One or more microscope slides are positioned in an image acquisition device that scans the specimens on the slides and makes two dimensional images at a medium or high resolution. These two dimensional digital slide images are provided to an image viewing workstation where they are viewed by an operator who pans and zooms the two dimensional image and selects an area of interest for scanning at multiple depth levels (Z-planes). The image acquisition device receives a set of parameters for the multiple depth level scan, including a location and a depth. The image acquisition device then scans the specimen at the location in a series of Z-plane images, where each Z-plane image corresponds to a depth level portion of the specimen within the depth parameter.

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  • LEICA BIOSYSTEMS IMAGING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crandall, Greg Rancho Santa Fe, US 22 431
Eichhorn, Ole Westlake Village, US 53 1165
Hashagen, Steven Albuquerque, US 6 143
Soenksen, Dirk Carlsbad, US 19 623
Wrenn, Mark Oceanside, US 12 172

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