Downsample factor and magnification level

[Benjamin Gilbert]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 9:03 AM antonio.toro <antonio.toro at inibica.es>
wrote:

> The downsample factor that you have in the openslide library is the same
> as magnification level?
>
> For example, if I have images with a magnification level of 10x, if I put
> a downsample factor of 10, the result will be the same or not?
>
The downsample is the downscale factor compared to level 0 of the slide
file.  So if you have an image with 10x magnification at level 0, a 2x
downsample will give you a 5x overall magnification.

--Benjamin Gilbert
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