Patent ID: 6738716
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: C12M,G06K,G06T,G16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A database system for processing images of cells or cell structures from multiple cell holders, each comprising a plurality of sites in a spatial orientation, each of the sites being capable of holding a plurality of cells to be imaged, the system comprising:an image capturing device coupled to the cell holder adapted to capture a plurality of images of at least one of the sites, a site at a time; an image processing device operably coupled to the image capturing device such that said image capturing device can provide said plurality of images to said image processing device, the image processing device being adapted to combine a first image and a second image from the plurality of images to obtain a plurality of respective cellular or subcellular features from the plurality of images; and a database storage device comprising a database management element coupled to the image processing device, the database storage device being adapted to retrieve the plurality of cellular or subcellular features and store the plurality of cellular of subcellular features.