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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Kam Lin Wong, Bedford, MA (US);
David Zahniser, Wellesley, MA (US);
Kathy Mui, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jim Linder, Omaha, NE (US);
Ellen Sheets, Concord, MA (US);
Kam Lin Wong, Bedford, MA (US);
David Zahniser, Wellesley, MA (US);
Kathy Mui, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jim Linder, Omaha, NE (US);
Ellen Sheets, Concord, MA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Components, e.g., background, cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus, of a biological specimen are identified using multi-wavelength analysis. Specimen components, such as nucleoli, are selected, and a determination is made whether cells having nucleoli are cancer cells or regular repair cells based on one or more physical characteristics of the identified component. The physical characteristics can be one or more of a shape, size, texture and gray value.