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Signet ring cell detector and related methods

US8582860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2009
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30024
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A detector and method for automatically detecting signet ring cells in an image of a biopsy tissue sample, includes finding in the image, points about which cell membranes appear in radial symmetry; selecting as candidate points, at least ones of the points that have an adjacent nuclei with a predetermined shape feature; and applying a convolutional neural network to the candidate points to determine which of the candidate points are signet ring cells.

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