Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for identification and integration of multiple cell patterns

US5828776A · kind A · utility

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22References

43Claims

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Assignee

Neopath, Inc. · US

Inventors

Shih-Jong J. Lee · Bellevue, US
Chih-Chau L. Kuan · Redmond, US
Wendy R. Bannister · Burlington, US
Paul S. Wilhelm · Kirkland, US
Michael Meyer · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 1996
Grant date	Oct 27, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V30/248
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A biological specimen classification strategy employs identification and integration of multiple cell patterns. An automated microscope acquires an image of a biological specimen such as a Pap smear and provides an image output to biological classifiers. The classifiers independently detect and classify a number of specimen types and provide classifications to an output field of view integrator. The integrator integrates the classifications. The integrated output then determines whether the classifiers should be reapplied to the image.

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