System and method for determining cell adequacy in a cytological analysis system

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14788015

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A cytological analysis test for 3D cell classification from a specimen. The method includes isolating and preserving a cell from the specimen and enriching the cell before embedding the enriched cell into an optical medium. The embedded cell is injected into a capillary tube where pressure is applied until the cell appears in a field of view of a pseudo-projection viewing subsystem to acquire a pseudo-projection image. The capillary tube rotates about a tube axis to provide a set of pseudo-projection images for each embedded cell which are reconstructed to produce a set of 3D cell reconstructions. Reference cells are classified and enumerated and a second cell classifier detects target cells. An adequacy classifier compares the number of reference cells against a threshold value of enumerated reference cells to determine specimen adequacy.

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VISIONGATE INCWOODINVILLE LANDING 17280 WOODINVILLE REDMOND RD NE #800 WOODINVILLE WA 98072

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Bell, Timothy Phoenix, US 9 21
Katdare, Rahul Tempe, US 7 26
Meyer, Michael G Phoenix, US 30 679
Presley, Chris Phoenix, US 2 7

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