Extracting bar code label and overview image from MRXS slide

[Tom N.]

Hi Agelos,

Thank you very much. I've also just found this thread as well:
http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/openslide-users/2012-April/000258.html

Regards.
Tom

On 7/30/2014 9:09 AM, Agelos Pappas wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> there is an OpenSlide API function for this called
> "openslide_read_associated_image"
> http://openslide.org/api/openslide_8h.html#a71ace07f87c9aeab328d3a6efcd2f983
>
> You can get the available associated image names for a slide by first
> calling "openslide_get_associated_image_names"
> http://openslide.org/api/openslide_8h.html#af6400c16cf1a94557f013f301ee2ea4d
>
> The type of image you are interested in is usually called "label"
>
> Regards
> Agelos
>
>
> On 30/7/2014 17:17, Tom N. wrote:
>> 3DHistech scanners take grey scale image of the bar code label on the
>> slide as well as of the glass slide. These images are embedded in the
>> MRXS file. How would one go about extracting those images from the file
>> using preferable VIPS or if not possible, using an available OpenSlide
>> tool or API ?
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>> Regards
>> Tom
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