Patent ID: 9588035
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G01N,G02B,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A system for counting fetal and maternal red blood cells (RBCs) comprising a microscope and image capturing device to capture a plurality of images from a slide holding the fetal and maternal RBCs; wherein said microscope is configured to centre said slide such that said plurality of images are captured by following a predetermined path around the centre of said slide; a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing said plurality of images; a processor for executing computer readable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium; wherein said computer executable instructions include instructions for: converting said images into hue-saturation-value (HSV) color space and creating an N*3 matrix storing the H, S and V values for each pixel of said images; identifying RBCs from said plurality of images; distinguishing between fetal and maternal RBCs; and counting said fetal and maternal RBCs.