COMPUTERIZED IMAGE CAPTURE OF STRUCTURES OF INTEREST WITHIN A TISSUE SAMPLE

摘要

Disclosed is a computerized method (20) for automatically capturing an image of a structure of interest (50) in a tissue sample. The computer memory (100) receives a first pixel data set representing an image of the tissue sample at a low resolution and an identification of a tissue type of the tissue sample, and selecting at least one structure-identification algorithm responsive to the tissue type from a plurality of structure-identification algorithms, at least two of which are responsive to different tissue types. Each structure-identification algorithm correlates at least one cellular pattern in a given tissue type with a presence of a structure of interest (50) for the given tissue type. The method (20) also includes applying the selected structure-identification algorithm to the first pixel dataset to determine a presence of the structure of interest (50) in the tissue sample and capturing a second pixel data set at a high resolution.