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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
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);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
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.