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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
James W. Douglass, Indiatlantic, FL (US);
Thomas J. Riding, West Melbourne, FL (US);
James E. Ring, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Gina Mclaren, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
William J. Decker, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert T. Ellis, Dana Point, CA (US);
James W. Douglass, Indiatlantic, FL (US);
Thomas J. Riding, West Melbourne, FL (US);
James E. Ring, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Gina McLaren, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
William J. Decker, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert T. Ellis, Dana Point, CA (US);
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging AIS, Inc., Thornwood, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automated cell analysis of biological specimens automatically scans at a low magnification to acquire images which are analyzed to determine candidate cell objects of interest. The low magnification images are converted from a first color space to a second color space. The color space converted image is then filtered. The candidate interest pixels are morphologically processed and compared to blob parameters to identify candidate objects of interest which correspond to cells or other structures relevant to medical diagnosis of the biological specimen. The location coordinates of the objects of interest are stored and additional images of the candidate cell objects are acquired at high magnification.