Patent ID: 11860172
Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method for assessing a tissue sample for presence of cancerous cells, the method comprising:
receiving mass spectral data of a tissue sample comprising a cancerous section produced in part via use of a solvent that when in contact with the tissue sample does not destroy native morphology of the tissue sample;
producing a mass spectral image of the tissue sample comprising the cancerous section based on the mass spectral data;
receiving histochemical data of the tissue sample comprising the cancerous section;
producing an optical image of the tissue sample comprising the cancerous section from the histochemical data;
overlaying the mass spectral image of the tissue sample comprising the cancerous section with the optical image of the tissue sample comprising the cancerous section to produce an overlaid image;
identifying the cancerous section within the overlaid image; and
assessing the overlaid image to determine a grade of the cancerous section.