Patents
US 11803968 B2: Automated stereology for determining tissue characteristics
- Granted
- 2023-10-31
- Filed
- 2021-05-05 application 17308592
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automated stereology are provided. A method can include providing an imager for capturing a Z-stack of images of a three-dimensional (3D) object; constructing extended depth of field (EDF) images from the Z-stack of images; performing a segmentation method on the EDF images including estimating a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), performing morphological operations, performing watershed segmentation, constructing Voronoi diagrams and performing boundary smoothing; and determining one or more stereology parameters such as number of cells in a region.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg231031.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Florida 1,559 patents | US state government | Tampa, FL | University of South Florida College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| STEREOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER, INC. 6 patents | US company or organization | St. Petersburg, FL | STEREOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER, INC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Randolph Mouton | St. Petersburg, FL | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Hady Ahmady Phoulady | Portland, ME | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dmitry Goldgof | Lutz, FL | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lawrence O. Hall | Tampa, FL | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T7/0014 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06N | Computing arrangements based on specific computational models | G06N3/0464 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V10/82 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-05 | Government interest Confirmatory license | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA signed 2021-11-30 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT BETHESDA, MD | 65774/798 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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