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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Raymond Jenoski, Boylston, MA (US);
Sid Mayer, Carlisle, MA (US);
Robert Jennings, Andover, MA (US);
Ryan P. Oliva, Mendon, MA (US);
John A. McCrorey, Northborough, MA (US);
Michael D. Quick, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Sarah Margaret Harrington, Nashua, NH (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Automated systems and methods for evaluating specimens affixed to substrates, such as slides, an exemplary system including a slide imager configured for acquiring a plurality of micro images of a specimen affixed to an substrate, the specimen including a plurality of objects distributed within a three-dimensional volume, and for generating a whole specimen image of the specimen using the micro images, wherein objects contained in the specimen are depicted substantially in focus in the whole specimen image regardless of a z-depth of the respective objects within the specimen. The whole specimen image is stored on a storage medium for subsequent review by a cytotechnologist using a computer-controlled review station including a display and a user interface, wherein the review station user interface is configured such that the cytotechnologist can review and classify the stored whole specimen images.