Michael J Quick

US Patent:

20210350112, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

Oct 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/282380

Inventors:

- Marlborough 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

Assignee:

HOLOGIC, INC. - Marlborough MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06K 9/20
G02B 21/34
G02B 21/36
G01N 35/00
B25J 18/00

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.