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System for optically sectioning and mapping surgically excised tissue

  • US 7,194,118 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/2000
  • Issued: 03/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for optically sectioning and mapping a surgically excised tissue specimen comprising:

  • means for providing data representing a mosaic of optically formed sectional image elements of the specimen, wherein each of said sectional image elements has a field of view representing a plurality of pixels; and

    means for viewing on a display at a first resolution a macroscopic composite image of the specimen in accordance with said data representing said mosaic of optically formed sectional image elements; and

    means for selecting at least one location on the macroscopic composite image for enabling viewing by said viewing means of the sectional image elements associated with said location on said display at a second resolution higher than said first resolution, in which said macroscopic composite image exceeds the field of view of each of said sectional elements.

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