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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Austin, TX (US);
Andrés F. Zuluaga, Boston, MA (US);
Rebekah Drezek, Houston, TX (US);
Colin Smithpeter, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tom Collier, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ; G01N 3/353 ; A61B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ; G01N 3/353 ; A61B 1/000 ;
Abstract
Methods for enhancing contrast during imaging to assess cell and nuclear morphology of a sample. A contrast agent such as acetic acid, toluidine blue, hypertonic saline, hypotonic saline, Lugol's iodine, an absorbing dye, a liposome, or a contrast agent linked to a marker are applied to a sample. The sample is analyzed with an imaging device to create image data, and the sample is diagnosed using the image data.