Kidney glomeruli measurement systems and methods
US10045728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30084
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems for identifying blobs, for example kidney glomeruli, are disclosed. A raw image may be smoothed via a difference of Gaussians filter, and a Hessian analysis may be conducted on the smoothed image to mark glomeruli candidates. Exemplary candidate features are identified, such as average intensity AT, likelihood of blobness RT, and flatness ST. A clustering algorithm may be utilized to post prune the glomeruli candidates.
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