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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of quantifying a specific biological material in a specimen stained using fluorescent dye accumulating particles capable of binding to the material includes: inputting a first fluorescence image obtained by capturing an image of the specimen; extracting a certain region from the first fluorescence image and calculating a first luminance integrated value by integrating luminance values of the certain region; and calculating the number of the particles included in the certain region from the first luminance integrated value and an average luminance value per fluorescent dye accumulating particle, wherein the average luminance value is calculated from a distribution of second luminance integrated values obtained by integrating luminance values for individual bright spot regions, which indicate emission of light by the fluorescent dye accumulating particles, in a second fluorescence image obtained by capturing an image of a preparation onto which the fluorescent dye accumulating particles are dispersed without agglomerating.