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Pattern recognition system for generating hematology profile
Assignee: GEOMETRIC DATA Corp A CORP OF DE
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Filing: 1979-01-17
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Granted: 1981-12-22
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Expires: 1999-01-17
Abstract
Abstract A system is disclosed for generating a maturity index for blood cells which may be used in a hematology profile to show the health of a patient. The system includes a scanning system for scanning a cell, pattern recognition means connected to the scanning means for generating a plurality of groups of signals, each group representative of a different characteristic of the cell scanned, and calculation means responsive to the signals for calculating an index of maturity for the cell scanned in accordance with its characteristics.
Inventors
- 👤 Melvin N. Miller
- 👤 John C. Bouton
- 👤 Dennis L. Tebbe
- 👤 Eugene L. Leboy
- 👤 Reddiar S. Anbalagan
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-23 18:23
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06V; G06V20/00; G06V20/60; G06V20/69
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A pattern recognition system having apparatus for generating an index of a cell's maturity, including a scanning system for scanning a cell, pattern recognition means connected to said scanning means for generating a plurality of groups of signals, each group representative of a different characteristic of the cell scanned, and calculation means responsive to said signals for calculating a cell maturity index for the cell scanned in accordance with its characteristics, said calculation means including means for assigning a different weight to different ones of said characteristics to generate signals representative of said characteristics in accordance with their relation to the cell's maturity and means for combining said characteristic signals so that a weighted average is calculated which is representative of the position of the cell in the continuous range from immature to mature cell.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A pattern recognition system having apparatus for generating an index of a cell's maturity, including a scanning system for scanning a cell, pattern recognition means connected to said scanning means for generating a plurality of groups of signals, each group representative of a different characteristic of the cell scanned, and calculation means responsive to said signals for calculating a cell maturity index for the cell scanned in accordance with its characteristics, said calculation means including means for assigning a different weight to different ones of said characteristics to generate signals representative of said characteristics in accordance with their relation to the cell's maturity and means for combining said characteristic signals so that a weighted average is calculated which is representative of the position of the cell in the continuous range from immature to mature cell.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the characteristics utilized for determining the maturity index include the size, color, and density of the cell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the cell is a white blood cell and the characteristics utilized include size, shape, color and density.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the characteristics include chromatic texture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the cell is a neutrophilic white cell and the system further includes means for storing the cell maturity index of each neutrophil examined during the whole blood smear analysis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of cells are examined and the cell maturity index generated therefor, said system further including means for discriminating the maturity index of each cell in accordance with a plurality of ranges and a plurality of counters for totaling the number of cells in each range of cell maturity index and display means for displaying a graphical representation for the number of cells in each of the plurality of different ranges of cell maturity index.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
121 words
A pattern recognition system having apparatus for determining a disease state including means for scanning blood cells in a whole blood smear, means responsive to said scanning means for producing signals representative of a plurality of characteristics of a particular type of blood cell, calculation means responsive to said signals for generating a maturity index representative of the position of the cell in the continuous range from immature to mature cell and storage means for storing the maturity index of each blood cell of said particular type in said whole blood smear and display means for providing a graphic display of the number of cells at a plurality of index ranges within the entire range from immature cell to mature cell.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
121 words
A pattern recognition system having apparatus for determining a disease state including means for scanning blood cells in a whole blood smear, means responsive to said scanning means for producing signals representative of a plurality of characteristics of a particular type of blood cell, calculation means responsive to said signals for generating a maturity index representative of the position of the cell in the continuous range from immature to mature cell and storage means for storing the maturity index of each blood cell of said particular type in said whole blood smear and display means for providing a graphic display of the number of cells at a plurality of index ranges within the entire range from immature cell to mature cell.
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