Patent ID: 7957915

Claim:
A process operatively coupled to a microscope device, the device configured to calculate values for variables wherein the variables comprise members selected from a group consisting of median and/or mean and standard deviation for corneal cellular density; average cellular area; variation coefficient; percentage of corneal cells with less than six sides; percentage of corneal cells with six sides; percentage of corneal cells with more than six sides; and shape factor, the process comprising: generating using the device a statistical-analytic ruler graphic for a variable wherein the ruler graphic comprises areas A, B, C and D wherein area A indicates values of the variable above that expected for age of a corneal cell sample, area B indicates values of the variable expected for age of the corneal cell sample, area C indicates values of the variable lower than expected for age of the corneal cell sample and within a biological reserve compatible with normal corneal function, and area D indicates values of the variable considered critical for age of the corneal cell sample; generating an arrow graphic E that indicates mean of the variable for the corneal cell sample; generating a segment graphic F-G wherein an F end of the segment indicates an inferior limit of a reliability interval for the variable, wherein a G end of the segment indicates a superior limit of the reliability interval for the variable, and wherein the segment length from F to G represents a reliability interval calculated according to a mean plus and minus a relative error calculated for the corneal cell sample; and generating a report graphic that comprises at least the ruler graphic for the variable.