Patent ID: 9607372
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for determining the bone marrow cellularity percentage of a bone marrow tissue sample comprising: a digital camera to capture at least one digital image from said bone marrow tissue sample; an image processor coupled to said digital camera to receive and process at least one digital image from said digital camera; a computer coupled to said image processor to receive at least one processed digital image from said image processor; digital storage coupled to said computer to store said at least one processed digital image therefrom; a display coupled to said computer to display output from said computer; wherein said computer interacts with said image processor, said digital storage and said display to determine said bone marrow cellularity percentage by separating said at least one processed digital image into respective portions representing fat and non-fat cells, computing the relative areas occupied by each of said respective portions representing fat and non-fat cells, and computing and displaying the ratio therebetween.