Today’s tip is about Spectrum report images. Spectrum has a powerful capability to generate reports for a case. In ImageScope, you can identify a region of each slide as the slide’s report image. The report regions from each slide in a case are displayed together on the report.
The sample report at right is for IHC, but Spectrum allows a variety of different reports to be created using simple templates that are easy to customize for each institution.
To specify the report image for a slide, click on the slide’s thumbnail in Spectrum to view it, then use the Report Region Tool, which is located on the ImageScope toolbar:
After choosing the Report Region Tool, use it to select the desired area of the slide and it will be automatically included on the report:
You can reposition the selected report image by holding down the Ctrl key and dragging it.
Options for report regions can be set by selecting Tools | Options | Report Image:
The radio buttons determine how the Report Image is selected. Generally the third button, “Current Image Resolution / Fixed Sized Report Region” is the best choice. With this setting, the report image will look the same as the image you’re viewing when you select the region. You may specify the Width and Height of the fixed sized region; for standard Aperio report templates 320 x 240 pixels is recommended. These settings are saved and will be reused until you change them.
With Spectrum and ImageScope you can create professional looking reports easily, including regions selected from slides in the case. Try it!
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