Methods for rapid distinction between debris and growing cells

US9569664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · US

Inventors

• Benjamin Judkewitz · Berlin, DE
• Guoan Zheng · Vernon, US
• Samuel Yang · Stanford, US
• Seung Ah Lee · Seoul, KR
• Shuo Pang · Pasadena, US
• Changhuei Yang · Pasadena, US
• Ying Wang · Singapore, SG

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods of rapid distinction between growing cells and debris, which determine a time-lapse movie of specimen images, track features of each entity, and categorize each entity as growing cells or debris.