The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xubo Song, Portland, OR (US);
Yaser Abu-Mostafa, Pasadena, CA (US);
Joseph Sill, Pasadena, CA (US);
Harvey Kasdan, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; C12N 5/00 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; C12N 5/00 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
Analysis of white blood cells is carried out by first analyzing the sample using image processing to obtain a no-context estimate of each cell's content. Then, a post processing operation is carried out to refine the estimate to include information about neighboring white blood cells. The estimate is refined to take into account the identity of the neighboring cells.