Cell-image analyzing apparatus
US8824767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30024
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cell-image analyzing apparatus is intended to analyze, using a cell image, a cell collective that forms a colony, and is provided with a computer. The cell-image analyzing apparatus has an image analysis software that makes the computer function as: a boundary element extracting means for extracting boundary elements of subjects upon analyzing the cell image; a possible colony region determining means for determining, as a possible colony region, a region surrounded by boundary elements of subjects and having a size greater than a first criterion value; and a colony region determining means for determining, in the possible colony region, a region containing more than a predetermined number of clustered regions each being surrounded by boundary elements of subjects and having a size smaller than a second criterion value, as a colony region.
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