Method of automatic detection of cells and determination of cell features from cytological smear preparations

Patent 4523278 Issued on June 11, 1985. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 7, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner H. Bloss (DE)

Application

No. 06/618447 filed on 06/07/1984

US Classes:

382/133Cell analysis, classification, or counting

Examiners

Primary: Smith, Jerry
Assistant: Harkcom, Gary V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Barnes & Thornburg

International Class

G06K 9/00 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1979-02-01 DE

Abstract

A method and system for automatic detection of cells and determination of cell features from cytological smear preparations which can recognize cells and extract their features independently of known visual cell descriptions through digital classification in a data processing system confines evaluation of the cell to the cell nuclei.