Specimen observation device
View Patent ↗It is possible to readily observe pathology specimens without spending much time and suspected pathology specimens in detail. A specimen observation device comprises an image capturing unit acquiring a partial image representing at least a part of one of multiple pathology specimens mounted on an accommodating section and a whole image of the multiple pathology specimens mounted on the accommodating section; an input unit inputting identification information of the accommodating section; a display unitdisplaying an enlarged version of the partial image acquired by the image capturing unit); an image designating unit designating the partial image displayed on the display unit; and a storage unit storing the identification information input via the input unit and a position of the partial image designated via the image designating unit in relation to the whole image such that the position and the identification information are associated with the whole image.
1. A specimen observation device comprising:
an image capturing device that acquires (i) a whole image of multiple slides mounted on an accommodating section, each slide containing at least one pathology specimen, and (ii) a partial image representing at least a part of one of the pathology specimens of the multiple slides mounted on the accommodating section;
a first input device that inputs identification information of at least one of the accommodating section and the pathology specimens;
a second input device comprising a display and a touchscreen sensor provided on the display, the second input device designating a position of at least one lesion in the pathology specimens based on a user operation input on the touchscreen sensor while an enlarged partial image is being displayed on the display; and
a storage that stores the identification information input via the first input device and the position of the at least one lesion designated via the second input device in relation to the whole image such that the position and the identification information are associated with the whole image,
wherein, while the whole image is being displayed on the display, information indicating the position of the at least one lesion is displayed in a manner superimposed on the pathology specimens within the displayed whole image such that a position of the displayed information corresponds to a respective one of the slides in which the position of the at least one lesion has been designated by the second input device.
2. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays the enlarged version of the partial image.
3. The specimen observation device according to claim 2 , wherein the partial image represents a part of the whole image.
4. The specimen observation device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one lesion, the position of which is designated via the second input device, is at least one lesion included in the partial image.
5. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the first input device comprises a reading device that reads the identification information, the identification information being attached to the accommodating section.
6. The specimen observation device according to claim 5 , wherein the identification information is a barcode recorded on a surface of the accommodating section.
7. The specimen observation device according to claim 5 , wherein the identification information is a barcode included in the whole image acquired by the image capturing device.
8. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device includes:
two objective lenses; and
two imaging devices that capture light collected by the respective objective lenses.
9. The specimen observation device according to claim 8 , wherein:
one of the two objective lenses has a field of view that makes it possible to acquire a partial image representing at least a part of one of the pathology specimens,
the other one of the two objective lenses has a field of view that makes it possible to acquire a whole image of the accommodating section, and
a magnification of the one of the two objective lenses is higher than a magnification of the other one of the two objective lenses.
10. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device includes a microlens array formed of multiple microlenses arrayed horizontally, and multiple imaging devices each of which comprises one of a CCD and a CMOS.
11. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device includes a cylindrical lens and a line sensor, and
wherein the whole image is acquired by horizontally moving the image capturing device.
12. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the whole image is an image of the accommodating section on which the multiple slides are mounted.
13. The specimen observation device according to claim 12 , wherein the image capturing device has a field of view that makes it possible to acquire the whole image of the accommodating section on which multiple slides are mounted.
14. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage is connected via a network to a server.
15. The specimen observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the position of the at least one lesion is a circular mark.