Patents
US 9297995 B2: Automatic stereological analysis of biological tissue including section thickness determination
- Granted
- 2016-03-29
- Filed
- 2012-02-13 application 13371889
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for automatic determination of slice thickness of an image stack in a computerized stereology system, as well as automatic quantification of biological objects of interest within an identified slice of the image stack. Top and bottom boundaries of a slice can be identified by applying a thresholded focus function to determine just-out-of-focus focal planes. Objects within an identified slice can be quantified by performing a color processing segmentation followed by a gray-level processing segmentation. The two segmentation processes generate unique identifiers for features in an image that can then be used to produce a count of the features.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160329.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 | Chester, MD | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt A. Kramer | Port Richey, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Peter Randolph Mouton | St. Petersburg, FL | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lawrence O. Hall | Tampa, FL | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dmitry Goldgof | Lutz, FL | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Daniel T. Elozory | Tampa, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Om Pavithra Bonam | Wesley Chapel, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Baishali Chaudhury | Tampa, FL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G02B | Optical elements, systems or apparatus | G02B21/367 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T5/50 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V20/693 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GOLDGOF, DMITRY signed 2012-02-23 HALL, LAWRENCE O. signed 2012-02-23 BONAM, OM PAVITHRA signed 2012-02-28 KRAMER, KURT ANDREW signed 2012-02-28 ELOZORY, DANIEL TOBY signed 2012-03-02 CHAUDHURY, BAISHALI signed 2012-05-29 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA, FL | 28324/525 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-06-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MOUTON, PETER RANDOLPH signed 2012-05-09 | STEREOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER, INC. CHESTER, MD | 28320/959 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-04-06 | Government interest Confirmatory license | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA signed 2012-04-03 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT BETHESDA, MD | 28003/220 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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