Method and apparatus for automated image analysis of biological specimens

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7783098
APP PUB NO 20090060303A1
SERIAL NO

12201800

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A method including acquiring images of medical slides at a plurality of different focus positions, determining a position which produces a maximum value of pixel values relative to a pixel value mean, wherein said determining comprises using a pixel value mean as a coarse estimate of coarse focus position, and subsequently refining said coarse focus position to find a fine focus position, and wherein said refining comprises fitting to a polynomial, and using a specified portion of the polynomial as a fine estimate of focus position, and producing a focus control signal that is related to said maximum value to control a focus position.

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  • CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Decker, William J San Diego, US 11 443
Douglass, James W Indialantic, US 11 530
Ellis, Robert T Dana Point, US 11 208
McLaren, Gina Laguna Niguel, US 10 450
Riding, Thomas J West Melbourne, US 13 679
Ring, James E Melbourne Beach, US 10 530

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