Image analysis of biological objects
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1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing an image, comprising:
- quantitatively analyzing image data to identify image objects relative to a background portion of the image according to predefined object criteria, the image data including a plurality of image objects that represent objects in a sample; and
clustering the identified image objects into groups or colonies of the identified image objects according to predefined clustering criteria.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for performing image analysis. A computer-implemented method for analyzing images may include quantitatively analyzing image data to identify image objects relative to a background portion of the image according to predefined object criteria, the image data including a plurality of image objects that represent objects in a sample distributed across a substrate. The identified image objects are further clustered into groups or colonies of the identified image objects according to predetermined clustering criteria.
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48 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing an image, comprising:
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quantitatively analyzing image data to identify image objects relative to a background portion of the image according to predefined object criteria, the image data including a plurality of image objects that represent objects in a sample; and
clustering the identified image objects into groups or colonies of the identified image objects according to predefined clustering criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An image analysis system, comprising:
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an image acquisition system that provides image data that defines an image having a plurality of image objects that represent corresponding objects in a physical sample; and
an analysis engine that segments image objects relative to image background according to predefined object criteria to provide a segmented image, the analysis engine clusters image objects in the segmented image into groups or colonies of the image objects according to predetermined clustering criteria. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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