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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Ryan S. Raz, Toronto, CA;
Morphometrix Technologies Inc., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A neural network assisted multi-spectral segmentation method and system. According to the invention, three images having different optical bands are acquired for the same micrographic scene of a biological sample. The images are processed and a cellular material map is generated identifying cellular material. The cellular material map is then applied to a neural network. The neural network classifies the cellular material map into nuclear objects and cytoplasmic objects by determining a threshold surface in the 3-dimensional space separating the cytoplasmic and nuclear regions. In another aspect, the neural network comprises a hardware-encoded algorithm in the form of a look-up table.