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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Steven Potts, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Trevor Johnson, San Marcos, CA (US);
Frank Voelker, Brewster, MA (US);
George David Young, Boulder, CO (US);
Steven Potts, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Trevor Johnson, San Marcos, CA (US);
Frank Voelker, Brewster, MA (US);
George David Young, Boulder, CO (US);
Flagship Biosciences, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
Feature analysis on consecutive tissue sections (FACTS) includes obtaining a plurality of consecutive tissue sections from a tissue sample, staining the sections with at least one biomarker, obtaining a digital image thereof, and identifying one or more regions of interest within a middle of the consecutive tissue sections. The digital images of the consecutive tissue sections are registered for alignment and the one or more regions of interest are transferred from the image of the middle section to the images of the adjacent sections. Each image of the consecutive tissue sections is then analyzed and scored as appropriate. Using FACTS methods, pathologist time for annotation is reduced to a single slide. Optionally, multiple middle sections may be annotated for regions of interest and transferred accordingly.