PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887966
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["382", "133000"]

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices described herein enable single-image optical sectioning, even at depth within turbid media, such as human skin or other tissue. Embodiments can eliminate the need for multiple image samples or raster scans, making in-vivo or live biological imaging easier and faster than multi-image sectioning techniques. Better contrast and resolution than traditional three-phase structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is possible in turbid media. Embodiments enable imaging of cell nuclei. Resolution and contrast resulting from disclosed embodiments are less sensitive to motion of or within patients or other targets than confocal microscopy and three-phase SIM techniques. Three-dimensional images of target specimens can be provided based on a group of single-image optical sections. Real-time imaging can also be provided.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein estimating the out-of-focus component of the image includes applying a notch filter to the image, the notch filter having a filter frequency substantially equal to the spatial frequency of the structured illumination.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48315
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12994413', '12341447', '14888257', '14380392', '12785334']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3192937471048833
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5086175661057257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3382261290049675
- Mean Citation Score: 231.068182
- Max Citation Score: 253.49039
- Similarity Product: 181.5525656944132

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test