Working With Focus Points; Automatically Adding Focus Points - Leica Aperio AT2 DX User Manual

If you want to
View the slide label
Rotate the slide label
Manually enter a
barcode
Set scan magnification
Set start slide
Save slide settings
Scan z-stacks
Once you have viewed a snapshot and if you have changed scanning parameters, the status color of the slide changes from
light blue to dark blue. If you have viewed a slide it appears in the rack view with a Viewed symbol:

Working with Focus Points

The most important factor in determining whether the scanned image will be of excellent quality is whether the scanner can
successfully focus the tissue on the slide. In most cases, you can let the scanner automatically place and focus the focus
points. However, in some cases where the slide contains tissue of uneven thickness or staining is faint, or there is not much
tissue on the slide, you may get best results by placing focus points yourself.

Automatically Adding Focus Points

You can automatically place focus points in two ways on the slide view window.
Use the Number of Focus Points slider to place a small number or large number of focus points.
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Do this
To view the slide label, click the View slide icon from the rack or batch view to open the slide
in the slide view window.
Click on the down arrow on the slide information box to see the label.
To view the slide label, click the View slide icon to open the scanned slide in the slide view
window. Click on the down arrow on the slide information box to see the label. Double-click the
label image if you want to rotate it (clicking on the right side of the label rotates it clockwise;
clicking on the left side rotates it counter clockwise).
Click the View slide icon on the rack or batch view to open the scanned slide in the slide view
window. Click on the down arrow on the slide information box to see the label. Type the barcode
information in the Enter Barcode Id text box and press Return.
To select scanning magnification, select 20x or 40x on the Magnification icon.
To set the slide as the starting slide for the scan, click
If you have changed scanning parameters on this slide, you can save the parameters as a slide
setting. Type a name in the Slide Settings box and click the Save icon. You will then be able
to apply these settings to selected slides by selecting them from the Slide Settings drop-down
list.
For information on z-stack scanning, see "Z-Stack Scanning" on page 31.
Chapter 4: Scanning Slides
in the slide view window.
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