Analysis method and apparatus for biological specimens

A measurement method and apparatus (11) which can acquire quantitative data concerning a plurality of individual cells very quickly by an interactive process through a keyboard (36). The apparatus (11) provides a means for displaying (37) an image (80) of a group of cells from a field on a slide (14...

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Main Author BACUS, JAMES WILLIAM
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 29.09.2004
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
TESTING
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Summary:A measurement method and apparatus (11) which can acquire quantitative data concerning a plurality of individual cells very quickly by an interactive process through a keyboard (36). The apparatus (11) provides a means for displaying (37) an image (80) of a group of cells from a field on a slide (14) which is magnified by a microscope (15). The image (80) is further digitized and stored in a memory of the apparatus (11). From the digitized image a processor means (22) identifies each possible cell object automatically by a pattern recognition technique. An interactive program utilizing a monitor (62) allows the operator to point to each object or cell of the image (80) in succession and make decisions for classification and quantitative measurements concerning each.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19930202508