公开(公告)号：EP1784763A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-16

申请号：EP04782757.1

申请日：2004-09-01

申请人： Aperio Technologies, Inc.

发明人： CRANDALL, Greg, J. ,  EICHHORN, Ole ,  OLSON, Allen, H. ,  SOENKSEN, Dirk, G.

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G02B21/008 ,  G02B21/367 ,  G06T3/4038 ,  G06T7/32 ,  G06T2207/30004

摘要： A data management system and method for processing, storing, and viewing the extremely large imagery data that is rapidly produced by a linear-array-based microscope slide scanner is provided. The system receives, processes, and stores imagery data produced by the linear-array-based microscope slide scanner at approximately 3 GB per minute. The data are received as a series of overlapping image stripes and combined into a seamless and contiguous baseline image. The baseline image is logically mapped into a plurality of regions that are individually addressed to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the baseline image. The data management system enables imagery data compression while scanning and capturing new image stripes. This advantageously eliminates the overhead associated with storing uncompressed image stripes. The image compression also creates intermediate level images, thereby organizing the baseline image into a variable level pyramid structure referred to as a virtual slide. The data management system efficiently converts image stripes into a high quality virtual slide that allows rapid panning and zooming by image viewing software in accordance with the individual addressed regions. The virtual slide also allows efficient processing by an algorithm framework. The data management system is costs effective and scaleable, employs standard image file formats and supports the use of virtual slides in desirable applications such as telemedicine, telepathology, microscopy education, and the analysis of high value specimens such as tissue arrays.

摘要翻译： 用于处理，存储和观看非常大的图像数据的数据管理系统和方法也正在迅速由提供了一种基于线性阵列显微镜载玻片扫描仪产生。 该系统接收，处理和存储影像数据由基于线性阵列显微镜载玻片扫描仪以每分钟约3 GB生产。 数据被接收为一系列重叠图像条纹的和合并成一个无缝和连续的基线图像。 基线图像被逻辑映射到区域的多元性没有被单独寻址，以便于基线图像的查看和操作。 数据管理系统中允许的图像数据压缩，同时扫描和捕获新的图像条纹。 这有利地消除了与存储未压缩图像的条纹相关的开销。 图像压缩，从而创建中间电平的图像，从而组织基线图像到由被称为虚拟载玻片可变电平的金字塔结构。 数据管理系统可以有效图像条纹转换成高质量的虚拟切片确实允许快速摇摄和图像缩放在雅舞蹈查看软件与个人解决的地区。 的虚拟载片通过在算法框架，以便允许有效的处理。 数据管理系统是有效的，并且收费可扩展的，采用标准图像文件格式，并支持在较佳的应用中的使用虚拟幻灯片：诸如远程医疗，远程病理学，显微镜教育，和高价值的标本的分析：如组织阵列。