Patent ID: 9476865
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01J,G01N,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for forecasting a biological property of a sample at a later point in time, comprising the steps of: (a) collecting image data at time (t (b) inputting said uncalibrated sample images, said dark reference images and said white reference images from said spectral camera into an image processing system; (c) utilizing reflectance calibration to produce a set of calibrated images from said uncalibrated sample images, said dark reference images, and said white reference images; (d) selecting a region of interest (ROI) from said set of calibrated images using one or more predetermined criteria to produce data relating to a calibrated region of interest; (e) transforming at least some of the data relating to said calibrated region of interest into one-dimensional spectra; (f) utilizing dimensionality reduction to obtain an optimum number of loading vectors; (g) analyzing said loading vectors to identify key wavelengths suitable for spectral analysis; (h) extracting textural features from image data collected at time (t (i) forecasting biological properties for said sample at time (t