Apparatus and method for analyzing a bodily sample
US10843190B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/04
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a digital camera that is configured to acquire images of a bodily sample. Two or more stains are configured to stain the bodily sample. A computer processor drives the digital camera to acquire, for each of a plurality of imaging fields of the bodily sample, two or more digital images, at least one of the images being acquired under brightfield lighting conditions, and at least one of the images being acquired under fluorescent lighting conditions. The computer processor performs image processing on the digital images, by extracting visual classification features from the digital images and analyzing the extracted visual classification features. The computer processor outputs a result of the image processing that includes an indication of one or more entities that are contained within the sample. Other applications are also described.
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