Medispectra, Incorporated

Christopher E Griffin

Kevin Schomacker

Ross Flewelling

Chunsheng Jiang

Alex R Zelenchuk

Jean-Pierre Schott

Charles C Abele

Thomas M Meese

Kevin T Schomacker

Chunsheng Jlang

Ross F Flewelling

The invention provides methods for processing tissue-derived spectral data for use in a tissue classification algorithm. Methods of the invention comprise application of spectral and/or image masks for automatically separating ambiguous or unclassifiable spectral data from valid spectral data. The invention improves the accuracy of tissue classification, in part, by properly identifying and accounting for spectral data from tissue regions that are affected by an obstruction and/or regions that lie outside a diagnostic zone of interest.

Methods and apparatus for processing spectral data for use in tissue characterization

The invention provides methods for displaying diagnostic results obtained from a tissue sample. In general, the invention assigns tissue-class probability values to discrete regions of a patient sample, and creates an overlay for displaying the results. The overlay facilitates display of the tissue class probabilities in a way that reflects the diagnostic relevance of the data. For example, methods of the invention comprise applying filtering and color-blending techniques in order to facilitate display of diagnostic results.

Methods and apparatus for displaying diagnostic data

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Christopher E Griffin