Patent ID: 9582894
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G01N,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for analyzing the beating of a derived human cardiomyocyte, the method comprising obtaining the derived human cardiomyocyte, capturing a sequence of images depicting the derived human cardiomyocyte over an analysis period, and determining at least one signal descriptive of the beating of the derived human cardiomyocyte during the analysis period on basis of the sequence of captured images, comprising determining two or more signals characterizing the displacement within a region of the images depicting the derived human cardiomyocyte, each signal characterizing the extent of displacement within a respective sub-region of said region as a function of time, wherein said sub-regions are intersections of said region and sectors of a circle having its center in the focus point of the motion of the derived human cardiomyocyte, and wherein, for a given sub-region, said two or more signals characterize the extent of displacement along a first axis that is a radial axis with respect to the focus point of the motion within the respective sector and the extent of displacement along a second axis that is a normal of the first axis.