Method for analyzing a biological sample

US7257243B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Robert Schmidt · Eltville am Rhein, DE
• Thomas Wittenberg · Erlangen, DE
• Heinz Gerhaeuser · Erlangen, DE
• Klaus Spinnler · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2015/1497
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for the analysis of a biological sample for determining a change thereof relative to a healthy biological sample includes creating a first image of the biological sample at a first acquisition modality and creating a second image of the biological samples at a second acquisition modality. The first image is classified on the basis of a first pre-determined parameter, and the second image is classified on the basis of a second pre-determined parameter, the first image being classified independently of the second image. Then, depending on the classification results, it is determined if the biological sample comprises a change relative to a healthy biological sample.