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Data structure of an image storage and retrieval system

  • US 20060002636A1
  • Filed: 06/30/2004
  • Published: 01/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of storing a digital image acquired by a computer-controlled digitizing microscope, comprising:

  • partitioning a microscopic image into a group of zelles, wherein each zelle comprises a discrete portion of the microscopic image;

    for each zelle, capturing attribute data descriptive of an associated zelle and capturing image data descriptive of a discrete portion of the microscopic image contained in the associated zelle;

    compressing the image data for each zelle;

    storing the attribute data in a zelle database comprised of at least one zelle database file, each zelle database file being associated with at least one corresponding zelle; and

    storing the compressed image data in an image database comprised of at least one image file, wherein each image file is associated with a corresponding zelle database file.

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