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+++ b/wsi_extract_top_view.py	Sat Feb 09 14:49:03 2019 -0500
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+import argparse
+import openslide
+import os
+import fnmatch
+import skimage.io
+import numpy as np
+
+def wsi_extract_top_view(input_path, out_path):
+    img_raw = openslide.OpenSlide(input_path)
+    top_size = img_raw.level_dimensions[len(img_raw.level_dimensions)-1]
+    img_area = img_raw.read_region((0,0), len(img_raw.level_dimensions)-1, top_size)
+    img_area = np.asarray(img_area, dtype=np.uint8)
+    skimage.io.imsave(out_path, img_area, plugin="tifffile")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('input_file', type=argparse.FileType('r'), help='input file')
+    parser.add_argument('out_file', help='out file')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    wsi_extract_top_view(args.input_file.name, args.out_file)