Patent ID: 9230063
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a Hematoxylin and Eosin (HE) stained image of a test prostate sample; obtaining, by the processor, an Infrared (IR) image of the test prostate sample; performing segmentation, by the processor, for the test prostate sample utilizing the HE stained image and the IR image; identifying, by the processor, epithelial cells, epithelial nuclei and lumens in the test prostate sample according to the segmentation; selecting, by the processor, a group of morphological features from a plurality of morphological features associated with the epithelial cells, the epithelial nuclei and the lumens of the test prostate sample; determining the group of morphological features for the epithelial cells, the epithelial nuclei and the lumens in the test prostate sample based on an analysis of at least the HE stained image; performing, by the processor, a comparison of the group of morphological features for the test prostate sample with reference sample information stored in a database, wherein the reference sample information represents reference morphological features for reference prostate samples, wherein the reference prostate samples are identified in the database by a confirmed pathological status; selecting, by the processor, a group of reference prostate samples from the reference prostate samples according to the comparison; and presenting, by the processor, reference data for the group of reference prostate samples.