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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189892 | Methods and systems for identification of DNA patterns through spectral analysis Systems and methods facilitate the location and/or identification of repetitive DNA patterns, such as CpG islands, Alu repeats, tandem repeats and various types of satellite repeats. These repetitive elements can be found within a chromosome, within a genome or acro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8126235 | Methods and apparatus for automated base-calling on multiple DNA strands In some aspects, a method of automated base-calling using at least one image obtained from a chemical sequencing process performed simultaneously on a plurality of DNA strands, the at least one image including intensity information corresponding to locations of at l... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8077951 | Method and system for dynamic, automated detection of outlying feature and feature background regions during processing of data scanned from a chemical array A method and system for employing signal-intensity data contained within areas of a scanned image of a chemical array corresponding to features and feature backgrounds in order to determine whether or not the features or feature backgrounds have non-uniform signal i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8009889 | Feature intensity reconstruction of biological probe array The invention provides methods and systems for reconstructing feature intensities from pixel level data. In certain embodiments, the invention uses an empirically determined transfer function to construct a theoretical estimate of pixel level data and then iterative... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7920733 | Biochemical examination apparatus and biochemical examination method First, image capturing is performed in the exposure time of ExpStart. If the maximum intensity value of all the pixels of an image is smaller than TransStart, the exposure time is increased and the image capturing is performed again. After that, increase in the expo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7826650 | Method for quantitative video-microscopy and associated system and computer software program product A method of determining an amount of at least one molecular species in a sample from an image of the sample captured by an image acquisition device is provided, each molecular species being indicated by a dye. A dye space representation of a plurality of dyes is for... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817834 | Method for operating an x-ray diagnostics device for generating high-resolution subtraction angiography images The invention relates to a method for operating an x-ray diagnostics device having an x-ray source, an x-ray image detector and an image system for generating a subtraction angiography sequence, in which a subtraction angiography sequence of low resolution individua... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7773793 | Computerized method and system for associating a portion of a diagnostic image with an electronic record A computerized method for associating one or more portions of a diagnostic image with one or more electronic records is provided. The method includes receiving a diagnostic image having data particular to at least two persons and associating a first portion of the d... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7760925 | Method for automatically detecting degenerated regions in stained thin section slides In a method for automatically detecting degenerated regions in many stained thin section specimens (40), color region information is obtained on a degenerated region and on a non-degenerated region on image data of a standard specimen in a stained thin sectio... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7602954 | Method for quantitative video-microscopy and associated system and computer software program product A method of determining an amount of at least one molecular species in a sample from an image of the sample captured by an image acquisition device is provided, each molecular species being indicated by a dye. A dye space representation of a plurality of dyes is for... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7593560 | Systems and methods for monitoring the amplification and dissociation behavior of DNA molecules The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring the amplification of DNA molecules and the dissociation behavior of the DNA molecules. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7567695 | Method and apparatus for reading reporter labeled beads Combinatorially-synthesized deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) oligonucleotides attached to encoded beads that are hybridized to amplified and labeled genomic DNA or ribonucleic acid (RNA) are analyzed using a flow imaging system. Oligonucleotides and corresponding reporte... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7551762 | Method and system for automatic vision inspection and classification of microarray slides The present invention provides a unique low cost vision inspection and classification system and methods for automatic inspection and classification of a microarray slide without manual intervention. The method first performs morphological dilation operation several... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536045 | Method for the analysis of array images and device A method of image analysis applicable to the analysis of arrays, such as DNA or protein microarrays. In the method the luminous spots of the array are filtered and isolated without any intervention of the operator by using a technique of morphological filtering. The... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7474777 | Device and method for optical measurement of chemical and/or biological samples An optical measurement device for measurement of chemical and/or biological samples comprises an illumination means (16) for illuminating the sample (20) to be measured. Further, an optics means (22) is provided for imaging a sample area in an i... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7457449 | Figure moving method A method of moving figures whereby a number of aligned figures can be efficiently moved while maintaining the alignment. The method includes a figure group generating step of generating a plurality of figure groups arranged in a matrix by grouping a plurality of fig... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7433504 | User interactive method for indicating a region of interest A method for defining a volume of interest (VOI) in a medical image is presented. A user interface is used to select a point on an initial linear border segment of a volume of interest. The user drops the point at a new position and a processor forms a new, non-line... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7398171 | Automated quality control method and system for genetic analysis Aspects of the present invention describe a method and apparatus for automating quality control for gene expression data. A computer based device receives gene expression data associated with a spectral species and genetic sample in each well of a plate. Gene expres... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383134 | Method and/or system for analyzing biological samples using a computer system A method and/or system for making determinations regarding samples from biologic sources. A computer implemented method and/or system can be used to automate parts of the analysis. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369696 | Classification of cells into subpopulations using cell classifying data A method of classifying cells into subpopulations using cell classifying data is described. The method comprises receiving and analyzing image data to identify object areas in the image data to determine, for at least one selected first cell, one or more measurement... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366719 | Method for the manipulation, storage, modeling, visualization and quantification of datasets There is described a method for manipulation, storage, modeling, visualization, and quantification of datasets, which correspond to target strings. An iterative algorithm is used to generate comparison strings corresponding to some set of points that can serve as th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359537 | DNA microarray image analysis system In a microarray image analysis system, when one of a plurality of statuses is set for a spot of a microarray by the user, the status of a similar spot is automatically determined. In a microarray image, the user determines a status of a spot, the pixel value matrix ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353116 | Chemical array with test dependent signal reading or processing A method in which an array identifier for a chemical array with probes at multiple feature locations is retrieved from a memory or read. The array identifier, a request for a test which requires an instruction on reading or processing the signal data read from the a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352526 | Offset measurement method for magnetic recording head and magnetic recording/reproducing device A storage device has a separate type magnetic head and a discrete type magnetic recording medium on which recording tracks and recording disabled areas are alternately formed. An accurate offset of the magnetic head with respect to the magnetic recording medium is m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335470 | Compilations of nucleic acids and arrays and methods of using them In one aspect the invention provides compilations of nucleic acids, articles of manufacture, e.g., arrays, and methods for the detection of chromosomal abnormalities, such as a chromosomal aneuploidies, deletions, amplifications, and the like, and the diagnosis or p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330606 | Method and system for extracting data from surface array deposited features A method for evaluating an orientation of a molecular array having features arranged in a pattern. An image of the molecular array is obtained by scanning the molecular array to determine data signals emanating from discrete positions on a surface of the molecular a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324677 | Feature quantitation methods and system Methods, systems and recordable media for accurately reading and identifying high quality signals from a microarray feature. Signals may be identified and used regardless of their geographic/geometric locations and patterns within the feature zone. High quality sign... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308123 | System and method for collecting DNA and fingerprints A system and method is provided that simultaneously or consecutively collects DNA samples and ridge and valley signatures from the same subject during the same collection window that adds value to forensic data collection processes. The collection of the DNA samples... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7274809 | Computerized methods and systems related to the detection of malignancy-associated changes (MAC) to detect cancer Computer programs, systems and the like related to processing, segmenting and feature normalizing digital images. The images are of cells and the methods are useful for the detection of malignancy-associated changes (MAC) in cells, which can be used for the detectio... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269278 | Extracting shape information contained in cell images Methods and apparatus are provided for the analysis of images of cells and extraction biologically-significant shape-related features from the cell images. The extracted features may be correlated with particular conditions induced by biologically-active agents with... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253421 | Radiation image conversion panel and manufacturing method thereof A radiation image storage panel which is provided with a stimulable phosphor substance layer containing a stimulable phosphor substance formed by a gas phase accumulation method on a support, wherein said stimulable phosphor substance layer is constituted of a colum... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241572 | Method for isolating and purifying nucleic acids A method for isolating and purifying nucleic acids with an improved recovery yield is provided. A mixed solution containing the nucleic acids, salts, and an organic solvent is contacted with an adsorption support to cause the nucleic acids to be adsorbed on the supp... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240038 | Heuristic method of classification The invention concerns heuristic algorithms for the classification of Objects. A first learning algorithm comprises a genetic algorithm that is used to abstract a data stream associated with each Object and a pattern recognition algorithm that is used to classify th... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221785 | Method and system for measuring a molecular array background signal from a continuous background region of specified size A method and system for estimating the background signal over an arbitrarily-sized region of a scanned image of a molecular array, including a background region surrounding the ROI corresponding to the feature. A bit mask is generated, based on a molecular-array, fe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218764 | Ploidy classification method Image analysis methods and apparatus are used for determination of the ploidy of cells. The methods may involve segmenting an image to identify one or more discrete regions occupied by cells or nuclei, determining the presence of a particular ploidy indicator featur... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209579 | Anatomic and functional imaging of tagged molecules in animals A novel functional imaging system for use in the imaging of unrestrained and non-anesthetized small animals or other subjects and a method for acquiring such images and further registering them with anatomical X-ray images previously or subsequently acquired. The ap... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206439 | Feature locations in array reading Feature locations are determined in an array image obtained from reading a chemical array comprising multiple features arranged in a polygon and which array optionally includes sub-arrays within the array. A complete image of the array or a sub-array is presented on... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203680 | System and method for encoding and detecting extensible patterns Given an input sequence of data, a rigid pattern is a repeating sequence, possibly interspersed with don't-care characters. The data can be a sequence of characters or sets of characters or even real values. In practice, the patterns or motifs of interest are the on... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199809 | Graphic design of combinatorial material libraries Computer-implemented methods, programs and apparatus for generating a library design for a combinatorial library of materials. A library design includes a set of sources representing components to be used in preparing the combinatorial library, destinations replying... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200254 | Probe reactive chip, sample analysis apparatus, and method thereof Technology is disclosed for highly accurate automated execution of processing for alignment of a detection area to a DNA microarray image file and processing for quantitative determination of success/failure of the alignment during DNA microarray analysis. A probe r... | 04/03/2007 |
