Epithelial layer detector and related methods
US8341100B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/698
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An epithelial detector and method for automatically identifying epithelial portions of a tissue sample, includes: staining the tissue sample with at least two dyes; applying a color transformation to a color image of the tissue sample to obtain one or more color channels; and applying a trained convolutional neural network to the color channels to obtain a decision for position in the tissue as to whether it is inside or outside an epithelial layer. Also, a method for training the convolutional neural network.
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