Methods and systems for digitally enhancing an image of a stained material

US8948488B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948488-B2
Application numberUS-53340609-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 31, 2009
Priority dateJul 31, 2009
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Methods and systems for digitally enhancing an initial image of a material to which a plurality of stains were previously applied, that generally comprise: unmixing the image into a plurality of individual reconstructed images, each individual image corresponding to one of the stains; estimating a residual image corresponding to the difference between the original image and the reconstructed images; adjusting one or more components of the individual images; mixing the adjusted components using one or more estimated mixing coefficients; and adding the residual image to the mixed adjusted components to generate an enhanced image.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for digitally enhancing an initial image of a material to which a plurality of stains were previously applied, comprising the steps of: unmixing the initial image into a plurality of individual reconstructed images, wherein the initial image corresponds to an image data set generated from an imaging device, and wherein each individual image corresponds to one of the stains; estimating a residual image corresponding to a difference between th…

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What does patent US8948488B2 cover?
Methods and systems for digitally enhancing an initial image of a material to which a plurality of stains were previously applied, that generally comprise: unmixing the image into a plurality of individual reconstructed images, each individual image corresponding to one of the stains; estimating a residual image corresponding to the difference between the original image and the reconstructed im…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Can Ali, Bilgin Cemal Cagatay, Rittscher Jens, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06T5/004. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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