Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital pathology system
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Application No.: US15744962Application Date: 2016-07-15
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Publication No.: US10684461B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Marius Iosif Boamfa , Anke Pierik , Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl , Marinus Bastiaan (Rien) Van Leeuwen
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Sherry Austin
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@65c3d74d
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/066884 WO 20160715
- International Announcement: WO2017/009450 WO 20170119
- Main IPC: G02B21/36
- IPC: G02B21/36 ; G02B21/00 ; G02B21/12 ; G02B21/34 ; G01N1/30

Abstract:
The present invention relates to digital pathology. In order to improve the workflow in the process of selecting a region of interest of an unstained sample to be removed for molecular diagnostic, a method (100) is provided for selecting a sample removing area of an unstained sample to be removed for molecular diagnostic. The method comprises the following steps: In a first step 102, also referred to as step a), a reference removing area is selected in a reference image of a reference slice of an object, wherein biological material in the reference slice is stained. In a second step 104, also referred to as step b), a digital sample image of a sample slice of the object is obtained under an imaging setting. The biological material in the sample slice is unstained. The sample slice is received on a sample slide and positioned in an optical path between a light source and an image detector. In the optical path between the light source and the image detector, it is further provided a contrast enhancing arrangement for improving contrast between the unstained biological material and background. Light is provided passing through the sample slice to be received by the image detector. In a third step 106, also referred to as step c), the digital sample image is registered with the reference image for translating the reference removing area in the reference image to the digital sample image. In a fourth step 108, also referred to as step d), a sample removing area is identified in the digital sample image based on the translated reference removing area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180267290A1 DIGITAL PATHOLOGY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
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