Patent ID: 9224200
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61K,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer vision based method for extracting features relating to the developmental stages of Trichuris spp. eggs, wherein for the final developmental stages a larva is present inside the egg, said Trichuris spp. eggs having a substantially oblong or elliptical shape with a protruding polar plug at each end, the shape of the Trichuris spp. eggs thereby defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the eggs, said method comprising: a) obtaining and storing one or more digital images of b) detecting one or more c) extracting one or more features from an egg content image region representing at least part of the egg contents of a detected egg, wherein one or more features are extracted from an egg content image region being extracted from an image or image region which includes a full representation of a detected wherein the extracted egg content image region excludes the polar plugs of the detected Trichuris spp. egg.