Patent ID: 6581011
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for providing information on tissue specimens to a subscriber comprising the steps of:(A) obtaining tissue specimens for a plurality of tissue types from a subset of a population of subjects with shared characteristics, (B) imaging each of the tissue specimens, (C) determining for each tissue type from the imaging in (B) a distribution of values for each of cell density, matrix density, blood vessel density, and layer thickness, (D) calculating average indices for each of the distribution of values in (C), (E) calculating dispersion indices for each of the average indices in (D), (F) storing the average indices and dispersion indices in a database, and (G) providing to the subscriber, in exchange for a fee, access to said average indices and dispersion indices in said database, wherein the number of tissue specimens in (A) includes a sufficient number of specimens such that the indices correspond to a statistically significant representation of those indices for the population as a whole.