Microscope system and data distribution system

摘要

A microscope system includes a microscope apparatus, a pigment content converter, a property information adding unit, and a communication unit. The microscope apparatus acquires, by using a microscope, a pathology specimen image of a pathology specimen stained with a predetermined pigment. The pigment content converter converts, by using pigment spectral data, pixel values of the pathology specimen image to the pigment content at corresponding sample points on the pathology specimen. The property information adding unit generates conversion image data by adding the pigment spectral data, which is used for the conversion, to the pigment content of each pixel that is converted by the pigment content converter. The communication unit transmits the conversion image data to a terminal device.

主权项

1. A microscope system comprising:
an interface device that acquires a pathology specimen image of a pathology specimen by using a microscope, the pathology specimen being stained with a predetermined pigment; a storage unit comprising hardware that stores a data base in which a plurality of pigment spectral data are registered according to a respective attribute regarding a type of the pathology specimen; a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to implement:
(a) a spectral data selector that selects a pigment spectral data of the pigment among the plurality of pigment spectral data based on the attribute corresponding to the pathology specimen image acquired by the image acquiring unit;(b) a pigment content converter that converts, by using properties of the pigment including the pigment spectral data selected by the spectral data selector, a pixel value of the pathology specimen image to pigment content of the pigment at a corresponding point on the pathology specimen;(c) an additional information generator that generates a model base profile containing header information, model property information, pigment information related to the pigment with which the pathology specimen is stained, and pigment property information, the model property information being a conversion model that was used to convert the pixel value of the pathology specimen image to the pigment content of the pigment; and(d) a property information adding unit that generates conversion image data by adding the model base profile to the pigment content of each pixel converted by the pixel content converter; and a transmitter that transmits the conversion image data to an external device.