| US 7,457,481 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for labeling rows and columns in an irregular array | ||
| Jose de la Torre-Bueno, Encinitas, Calif. (US); and Peter Salamon, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Carl Zeiss MicroImaging AIS, Inc., Thornwood, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/634,747. | ||
| Application 11/634747 is a continuation of application No. 10/094900, filed on Mar. 08, 2002, granted, now 7,146,062. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/274688, filed on Mar. 08, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0086676 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—288 [382/129; 382/289; 382/224; 702/152] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
analyzing an image representing a medical slide that includes a number of tissue samples arranged in an array-like arrangement;
forming a first local lattice representing a portion of the array-like arrangement of tissue samples;
forming a measure of how well the actual tissue samples within the array-like arrangement fit to the first local lattice;
and
using said first local lattice and said measure to produce information indicative of actual locations of said tissue samples.
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