Method for counting colonies
US8831326B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30242
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Colonies growing on a culture medium surface may be more accurately counted with reduced variation in the counts obtained by capturing a plurality of images of the entire culture medium surface, wherein successive images are captured following rotation of the culture medium surface relative to the image capture apparatus by n/360 degrees where n is the number of images to be captured; performing data processing on image data of the entire culture medium surface of the petri dish at each specified angle; and the number of colonies in the petri dish is calculated by performing numerical processing on the number of colonies counted separately at each specified angle.
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