Image analysis – Image compression or coding
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2010-12-14
Tucker, Wesley (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image compression or coding
C128S922000, C128S925000, C382S128000, C382S131000, C382S154000, C382S286000, C600S473000, C600S439000, C600S421000, C600S567000, C378S015000, C378S062000, C378S063000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07853089
ABSTRACT:
An automated method for analyzing whether all cancerous or abnormal tissue has been removed as a result of surgical resection is disclosed. A number of tissue section slides are prepared representing all or a relatively large percentage of the tissue sample, and high-resolution digital microscopic images are formed of the sections. A clustering algorithm forms an image showing the healthy tissue margins, such representation being stored in a file of significantly smaller size than the original photograph. These two-dimensional image files may be formed into a three-dimensional image of the entire resected tissue, thereby improving the accuracy and ease by which a pathologist may determine if further surgery or radiation therapy, for example, are indicated.
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Mete Mutlu
Shafirstein Gal
Xu Xiaowei
Bitar Nancy
Dougherty J. Charles
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
Tucker Wesley
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