Patent ID: 8891850

Claim:
A computer system method for evaluation of cellblock preparations, comprising the steps of: producing digitally a treated Pap smear sample to obtain a digital image; segmenting the digital image to obtain a plurality of segmented digital images; processing each segmented digital image of the plurality, wherein said processing step further comprises the steps of: locating a nucleus of a cell within each segmented digital image, wherein said locating step further comprises the step of determining an outline of the nucleus of the cell; extracting one or more visual features of the nucleus, and ranking the one or more visual features of the nucleus based on a level of abnormality and a level of suspicion to obtain one or more quantified features within each segmented digital image; joining all segmented digital images to obtain a final digital image; collecting all quantified features of the final digital image to obtain a collection of quantified features; correlating the collection of quantified features to a diagnosis classification; and communicating the diagnosis classification.