Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh

Bayer Cropscience Ag

Bayer Healthcare LLC

Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh

Franco Fois

Daniel Rechsteiner

Klaus Ochmann

Michael Harnau

Alexandra Gladbach

Kerstin Ilg

Walter Schmitt

Bjoern Kiepe

Sebastian Hellweg

Karym El Sayed

Andreas Johnen

Stefan Willmann

Wei Liao

Thomas Schilling

Birgit Stepponat

Henry Hernaez

Heinz-Friedrich Schnier

Jacob Agris

Barthel Bach-zelewski

Nivitha Mahesh

Mohammad Sedigh Ghamari

Xiangzhen Gao

Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna

Angelika Köllen

Johannes Linzbach

Gopalakrishna Prahlad Menon

Björn Kiepe

The invention relates to an automated system and a method for determining the effect of active ingredients on organisms such as insects, Acariformes and nematodes in an assay plate containing wells with the aid of image-acquisition and image-analysis technology. The invention allows the characterization of the population of the organisms at multiple time points.

System for determining the effect of active ingredients on acariformes, insects and other organisms in an assay plate containing wells

Described are systems and methods for assessing a likelihood of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) within a subject patient based upon an analysis of characteristics indicative of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension within an imaging study of the subject patient. The systems and methods can identify characteristics of one or more anatomical structures within a cardiac region of the subject patient indicative of CTEPH, characteristics of a pulmonary vasculature of the subject patient indicative of CTEPH, and characteristics of a chronic abnormality in a lung of the subject patient indicative of CTEPH. The systems and methods can assess these characteristics to compute the likelihood of CTEPH within the subject patient.

Systems and methods for assessing a likelihood of CTEPH and identifying characteristics indicative thereof

The present disclosure pertains to the analysis of the cardiac region in CT images. Provided herein are a method, a computer system and a computer program product for the segmentation of the cardiac region in CT images.

Segmentation of the cardiac region in CT images

A method () for recognizing weed in a natural environment may be provided. A digital image of weed in an early development stage is captured () among cultivated crop. Areas with a predefined color and texture specification are contoured () defining a boundary contour. The weed is displayed () together with a frame and a quality indicator. Moreover, the digital image is stored () only if a predefined quality criterion is met. Then, unnecessary color information may be reset (), the digital image is sent () for a further examination, and a weed name of the weed of the captured image and a related probability value indicative of a probability of a match between the weed name and the weed of the captured digital image together image is received ().

Recognition of weed in a natural environment

A method for identifying of a type of weed in a natural environment may be provided. The method comprises receiving a digital image of the weed in an early growth stage together with related metadata, contouring areas of leaves and determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a growth stage and determining the type of weed identified by a weed name and a probability of the correctness of the determination using at least one out of a plurality of the received metadata and a plurality of metadata determined during the contouring, during the determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon, and during the determination of the growth stage of the weeds as input parameters to a set of classifiers using a storage comprising names of types of weeds together with a plurality of sets of metadata per weed type.

The invention relates to a device () and a method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests. The device () according to the invention comprises a holder () for a cell culture plate () having multiple wells () in which the nematodes can be filled with the active ingredients, said cell culture plate () having a bottom side (), a top side () and also side walls extending between bottom side () and top side (), a camera () which is used to record images of preferably the bottom side () of the cell culture plate (), a lighting mechanism () having at least a first light source () which illuminates the cell culture plate (), there being arranged between the first light source () and a first side wall () of the cell culture plate () in the installed state a first optical unit which directs the light of the first light source () through the first side wall () in the direction of the bottom side () of the cell culture plate (). The method according to the invention makes it possible to simultaneously investigate many active ingredients within a very short time.

Device and method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests

The invention relates to a device and a method for optical quality control of the coating or staining of a kernel-type substrate, in particular seed with a color and contrast intensive coating composition.

Device and method for optical quality control of the coating or staining of a kernel-type substrate

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Monheim, Germany

Franco Fois