METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING REGIONS OF INTEREST FOR OBJECTS COMPRISING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for processing regions of interest for objects comprising biological material. A region of interest can be denoted for a physical object and information indicating the region of interest can be stored in a computer-readable medium for later retrieval. Subsequently, when the object is retrieved, the information indicating the region of interest c an be used to generate information specifying a physical location within the region of interest. An operation can then be performed on the physical location within the region of interest. Reference points within the object c an assist in regeneration of the region of interest, and the reference points c an be arranged in such a fashion that processing can take rotation of the objec t into account. The invention includes various features advantageous for constructing tissue microarrays.