Displaying cellular analysis result data using a template

• US 20070247463A1
• Filed: 04/21/2006
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beckman Coulter Incorporated (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Beckman Coulter Incorporated (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Qian, Cheng, Huo, Ziling, Vidal, Patricio
• Granted Patent: US 8,217,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10056 Microscopic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30024 Cell structures in vitro; Tissue sections in vitro
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection

Abstract

In accordance with the principles of the invention, methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are provided for displaying cellular analysis result data including accessing cellular analysis result data, accessing data of at least one template, and displaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of at least one template by overlaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of the at least one template, wherein the cellular analysis result data is displayed using different display attributes from the displayed data of the at least one template.

Claims

1. A method of displaying cellular analysis result data, comprising:

accessing cellular analysis result data;

accessing data of at least one template; and

displaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of at least one template by overlaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of the least one template, wherein the cellular analysis result data is displayed using different display attributes from the displayed data of the at least one template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display attributes are at least one of color, texture, brightness, smoothness, and transparency.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed data is in the form of one of a one-dimensional histogram, a two-dimensional histogram, a three-dimensional histogram, one-dimensional scattergram, two-dimensional scattergram, three-dimensional scattergram, and three-dimensional surface image of a two-dimensional amplitude distribution.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the at least one template represents one of a normal sample, an averaging of a plurality of normal samples, an abnormal sample, and a sample based on demographics.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the abnormal sample is a sample with an abnormality having a specific pattern when the data of the abnormal sample is displayed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the abnormal sample may be one of a CLL sample, an ALL sample, a CML sample, an AML sample, a Thalassemia sample, and a sickle cell crisis sample.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the difference in the display of a plurality of positions of the cellular analysis result data and a plurality of positions of the data of the at least one template indicates a hematology anomaly.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the cellular analysis result data includes at least one of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the at least one template is customizable.

10. A system of displaying cellular analysis result data, comprising:

a memory for storing instructions; and

a processor for executing the instructions stored in the memory to

access cellular analysis result data;

accessing data of at least one template; and

displaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of at least one template by overlaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of the least one template, wherein the cellular analysis result data is displayed using different display attributes from the displayed data of the at least one template.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the display attributes are at least one of color, texture, brightness, smoothness, and transparency.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the displayed data is in the form of one of a one-dimensional histogram, a two-dimensional histogram, a three-dimensional histogram, one-dimensional scattergram, two-dimensional scattergram, three-dimensional scattergram, and three-dimensional surface image of a two-dimensional amplitude distribution.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the data of the at least one template represents one of a normal sample, an averaging of a plurality of normal samples, an abnormal sample, and a sample based on demographics.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the abnormal sample is a sample with an abnormality having a specific pattern when the data of the abnormal sample is displayed.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the abnormal sample may be one of a CLL sample, an ALL sample, a CML sample, an AML sample, a Thalassemia sample, and a sickle cell crisis sample.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the difference in the display of a plurality of positions of the cellular analysis result data and a plurality of positions of the data of the at least one template indicates a hematology anomaly.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the cellular analysis result data includes at least one of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the data of the at least one template is customizable.

19. A computer-readable medium, containing instructions, executed by a processor, to perform the method of displaying cellular analysis result data, the method comprising:

accessing cellular analysis result data;

accessing data of at least one template; and

displaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of at least one template by overlaying the cellular analysis result data and the data of the least one template, wherein the cellular analysis result data is displayed using different display attributes from the displayed data of the at least one template.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the display attributes are at least one of color, texture, brightness, smoothness, and transparency.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the displayed data is in the form of one of a one-dimensional histogram, a two-dimensional histogram, a three-dimensional histogram, one-dimensional scattergram, two-dimensional scattergram, three-dimensional scattergram, and three-dimensional surface image of a two-dimensional amplitude distribution.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the data of the at least one template represents one of a normal sample, an averaging of a plurality of normal samples, an abnormal sample, and a sample based on demographics.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the abnormal sample is a sample with an abnormality having a specific pattern when the data of the abnormal sample is displayed.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the abnormal sample may be one of a CLL sample, an ALL sample, a CML sample, an AML sample, a Thalassemia sample, and a sickle cell crisis sample.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the difference in the display of a plurality of positions of the cellular analysis result data and a plurality of positions of the data of the at least one template indicates a hematology anomaly.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the cellular analysis result data includes at least one of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the data of the at least one template is customizable.