Patent ID: 7292718
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G01N,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying objects of interest in a biological specimen, the objects of interest being identified from normal cells and background areas of the biological specimen, the method comprising: obtaining an image of the biological specimen, the image of the biological specimen comprising positive object pixels, counterstained object pixels, and background pixels; storing pixel values representing the image in a memory; executing instructions in a computing device that operate on said stored pixel values so as to transform the image of the biological specimen to produce a transformed image, the transformed image being characterized by a three dimensional coordinate space, the image of the biological specimen being transformed by said instructions by orienting a cluster of the background pixels at an origin of the three-dimensional coordinate space and the counter-stained object pixels substantially along an axis of the three-dimensional coordinate space whereby the positive object pixels lie substantially between axes of the three-dimensional coordinate space, whereby the transformed image assists in identification of the objects of interest, if any, in the biological specimen.