SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PATHOLOGY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methods for improving quality assurance in pathology using automated quality assessment and digital image enhancements on digital slides prior to analysis by the pathologist.SOLUTION: A method for improving quality assurance in pathology includes: receiving a glass slide with a tissue sample disposed on a surface thereof; digitally scanning the glass slide to create a digital slide image of the tissue sample; digitally analyzing the digital slide image to assess quality of the digital slide image; comparing the assessed quality of the digital slide image with a set of predetermined criteria; determining that the quality of the digital slide image meets the set of predetermined criteria; and providing the digital slide image on a digital image viewer for review by a pathologist.