US 11,810,305 B2
Foreground segmentation and nucleus ranking for scoring dual ISH images
Anindya Sarkar, Milpitas, CA (US); and Jim Martin, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,583.
Application 17/870,583 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,065, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,430,131.
Application 17/129,065 is a continuation of application No. 16/584,224, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,909,687, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Application 16/584,224 is a continuation of application No. 15/659,491, filed on Jul. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,475,190, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 15/659,491 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2016/051906, filed on Jan. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/110,244, filed on Jan. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375101 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/194 (2017.01) [G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G06V 20/695 (2022.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A computing device configured to segment and/or rank nuclei in one or more images of a biological sample, the computing device comprising one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing non-transitory computer-readable instructions for execution by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to execute instructions to: (1) compute a mask based on a first image input; (2) identify individual nuclei by filtering the first image with the computed mask; (3) compute metrics for all identified nuclei based on first signals in the nuclei corresponding to a first marker and second signals in the nuclei corresponding to a second marker, wherein the metrics comprise an average absorbance metric and an average A channel metric; and (4) determine nuclei suitable for ranking based on the computed metrics, wherein nuclei determined suitable for ranking have at least one first signal, at least one second signal, and meet a predetermined area constraint.