Apparatus and method for processing particle images and program product for same
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsKeiichi Yamaguchi, Hideo Kusuzawa, Kouhei Shiba
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Abstract
A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the received image information; and calculating the degree of irregularity of the particle based on the determined circumferential length and number of inflection points.
Claims12
A method for processing particle images comprising the steps of:
- receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle;
- determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the received image information;
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- calculating the degree of irregularity of the particle based on the determined circumferential length and number of inflection points.
A particle image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image information receiving means for receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle;
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- an analyzing means for determining a circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the received image information, and determining the degree of irregularity of a particle based on the determined circumferential length and number of inflection points.
A particle image analyzing apparatus comprising:
- a flow cell for forming a suspension fluid flow containing particles;
- a light source for irradiating the suspension flow with light;
- an image sensing unit for capturing an image of a particle irradiated by light and generating image information;
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- an analyzing means for generating image data based on the image information, and calculating the degree of irregularity of the particle based on the circumferential length and number of inflection points of the contour of the particle image in the image data.
A computer readable medium storing a particle image processing program comprising the computer-executable steps of:
- receiving image information obtained by capturing a particle image;
- determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points of the contour of a particle image based on the received image information;
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- calculating the degree of irregularity of a particle based on the circumferential length and number of inflection points of the contour of a determined particle image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.