Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Damian John Verdnik

Mahmoud Janbakhsh

Svitlana Y Berezhna

Koshy Thekkadathu Chacko

Rene Nieves Alicea

Trevor David Shields

Robert John Fahey

Leigh Whiting

Kam Lin Wong

The present disclosure provides methods for automated slide assessments made in conjunction with digital image-based microscopy. Automated methods of acquiring patient information and specimen information from prepared slides, and digitally linking such information into patient-tagged specimen data, are provided. Also provided are methods that include automatically identifying an optimal area for morphological assessment of a blood smear on a hematological slide, including methods for triggering the analysis of such an area, e.g., using an automated digital image-based hematology system. The present disclosure also provides devices, systems and computer readable media for use in performing processes of the herein described methods.

Automated slide assessments and tracking in digital microscopy

Methods, systems and devices for automatically focusing a microscope on a specimen and collecting a focused image of the specimen are provided. Aspects of the methods include detecting the presence of a substrate in a microscope, determining whether the substrate is in a correct orientation for imaging, focusing the microscope on a specimen that is placed on the substrate, and collecting one or more images of the specimen. Systems and devices for carrying out the subject methods are also provided.

Methods for correctly orienting a substrate in a microscope

Methods, systems and devices for automatically focusing a microscope on a substrate

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McKinnon, Australia

Damian John Verdnik