System and method for remote navigation of a specimen

• US 7,391,894 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Issued: 06/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
• Original Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microimaging Ais, Inc. (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
• Inventors: Zeineh, Jack A.
• Primary Examiner(s): COUSO, YON JUNG
• Application Number:
  US11/485,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20060251309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 382/128, 382/148, 382/100, 359/368, 359/380, 359/381, 348/79, 348/80
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/007 Transform coding, e.g. discrete cosine transform
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A system and method for remote navigation of a specimen.

Claims

1. A method of remotely navigating a slide, comprising:

transmitting a command to move a stage of a remote microscope to view an image of an area of a specimen disposed on the stage by capturing the image during the movement; and

receiving the image at a level of detail that is a function of the speed of movement of the stage when the image was captured.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving said command to remotely control said remote microscope and a camera coupled with the microscope to view said image.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising capturing a digital image of said area of said specimen with said camera in response to said command.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising representing said digital image as a plurality of digital image components, each of said digital image components providing a different level of detail of the image.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting said digital image components in sequential order of increasing level of detail from least detailed to most detailed.