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Flourescent dot counting in digital pathology images

US8755580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Su Wang · San Jose, US
Xun Xu · Shanghai, CN
Akira Nakamura · Shizuoka, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2012
Grant date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/698
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) enables the detection of specific DNA sequences in cell chromosomes by the use of selective staining. Due to the high sensitivity, FISH allows the use of multiple colors to detect multiple targets simultaneously. The target signals are represented as colored dots, and enumeration of these signals is called dot counting. Using a two-stage segmentation framework guarantees locating all potential dots including overlapped dots.

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