Patent ID: 6246785
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G01N,G06K

Abstract:
A method for automated microscopic examination of samples on a slide, said method comprising the steps of:providing an automatic microscope, a video system, and an evaluation computer with a first and a second neural network, wherein each of said first and second networks each have input neurones;recording, in a first recording step, a first image of a sample with the video system, and allocating digitized signals to individual image points of the first image;evaluating the first image and individual image points to classify the sample by type;dividing, in a first dividing step, the individual image points into connected segments;analyzing, in a first analyzing step, each segment with said first neural network, wherein image signals of each segment are input to the input neurones of the first neural network;analyzing the connected segments with the second neural network; andclassifying the sample as pathological if cell types are present which do not belong to the type of sample, and/or if structural cell/tissue changes are present in the sample.