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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Siavash Yazdanfar, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Dmitry Vladimirovich Dylov, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Stephen B. Solomon, New York, NY (US);

Jeremy C. Durack, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for classifying a tissue sample of a biopsy specimen includes receiving a signal from at least one location of the tissue sample including a plurality of chromophores. Further, the method includes verifying whether the received signal comprises a predetermined amount of at least one of an attenuated illumination light and a re-emitted light. Also, the method includes determining that a spectrum of the received signal is within a predetermined range. In addition, the method includes processing the spectrum of the received signal to decompose the signal into a plurality of components. Furthermore, the method includes classifying tissue in the at least one location of the tissue sample into one of a plurality of tissue types based on the plurality of components.


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