METHOD FOR USING VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SLIDE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for using a virtual microscope slide.

SOLUTION: The virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen (31) for a given level of optical magnification which are associated with and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the multiple Z-plane images preferably includes automatically focusing at a principal reference focal plane and capturing and digitizing an optically magnified reference Z-image and then shifting the specimen (31) relative to the lens system (15) by a predetermined increment to capture and digitize another Z-plane image. The resultant images are retrieved and displayed (40) such that a virtual focusing capability (12) is available to the user.

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