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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Yuriy Alexandrov, Cardiff, GB;
Simon Laurence John Stubbs, Cardiff, GB;
Yuriy Alexandrov, Cardiff, GB;
Simon Laurence John Stubbs, Cardiff, GB;
GE Healthcare UK Limited, Amersham, GB;
Abstract
A first aspect of the invention relates to an apparatusfor genotoxicological screening. The apparatuscomprises a processorfor analyzing images. The processoris configured to provide an identifier modulefor identifying target cells in an image and a dynamically modifiable classifier modulefor classifying the identified cells in accordance with one or more phenotype, such as micronuclei, for example. The processoris also configured to provide a scoring modulefor assigning respective confidence measurements to the classified cells. Various aspects and embodiments of the invention may be used, for example, to provide for improved reliability and accuracy when performing automated high-throughput screening (HTS) drug assays.